SAMBURU, KENYA: Samburu County Government is set to procure more than 20,000 circumcision knives in efforts to fight the risks of HIV infection among youth getting circumcised. The county's ministry ...

After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of the herds, driving them high into the... Kenya's Samburu boys share a sacred bond. Why one teen broke ...

Marsabit, Kenya: Zawadi Leruk, 17, is a typical Rendille teenager looking forward to his initiation into an important age-set. However, unlike other Rendille young men, Zawadi will be initiated as a ...

It's a sense of mutual obligation central to their Samburu culture – so strong that anthropologists and economists have come from afar to document its impact. But it's a version of the sibling ...

<i>The Science of Siblings</i> is a new series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health all the way down to our very molecules. We'll be<i> sharing these ...