Like their close relations, the Maasai tribe, the men of both Samburu and Rendille tribes also pile on impressive amounts of jewellery, with beaded necklaces, elaborate headdresses and stacks of ...

Josephine Kulea, 28, escaped from her Samburu community’s hideous culture ... On ‘noticing’ her, a male relative puts a beaded red necklace on her neck. The tradition of beading allows ...

Among the Samburu, black beads signify the hardships ... Single women should not wear the beaded flat necklaces with intertwined strings as this sends a message to men that you are already engaged.