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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...