LENKISEM, Kenya — The first time cutting season came around, Nice Leng’ete and her older sister ran away and hid all night in a tree. The second time, her sister refused to hide. For Maasai families, ...

The transition from childhood to adulthood -- this "betwixt and between" place -- can be filled with questioning, searching, and, in many cases, suffering. In order to make sense of their struggle, ...

Pongezi is the story of the alternative rites of passage for Maasai girls in Kenya. Nice Nailantei plays a central role in the book. She is a young Maasai girl who grew up to become a leader and ...

TARIME, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Neema Maro realised her father was secretly planning to get her circumcised in her village in northwestern Tanzania, she ran away. Like hundreds of ...

(Bloomberg) -- Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent his daughters there, Laura Bush worked there as a counselor ...