Maasai tribal elder Sanguyan Kimani Ole Dorop surveyed the small collection of huts. The facsimiles of mud and grass dwellings dried under an African sun put men and women a little too close ...

The tin-roofed hut is packed with 30 men squatting on low benches, all seeking the counsel of the chief. The topic: whether the area’s agricultural cooperatives will join under one umbrella group.

The Ba'Aka tribe — who carve their flesh and sharpen their teeth — live and hunt in the Dzangha-Sangha National Park in the Central African Republic.

About 50,000 Lemba live scattered across southern Africa. "The tribe as a whole is pretty ambiguous about what it is," says Tudor Parfitt, director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the School ...

I’ve hunted with the men in the tribe, and slept in tents next to their huts. I’ve drank their moonshine, or araqi , by the fireside, and have attended funerals for their family members.

THE African tribe Scarlett Moffatt stayed with for controversial Channel 4 show The British Tribe Next Door doesn’t understand why she is famous. The Moffatt clan stayed with the Himba tribe … ...

The 'courting hut' tradition is a wedding ritual practised in various African cultures. When a man decides to marry, he and his family construct a spe ...

The Bambuti tribe, also know as Mbuti, are Africa's shortest tribe, averaging under 4 feet 6 inches (137 cm) in height. By contrast the median height of African males is 168cm, while that for ...