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Maasai Warriors, from spears to cricket

New Delhi: Maasai Warriors from the Laikipia region in Kenya have exchanged their spears for cricket bats and they are using cricket as a vehicle to empower youth and to target social problems in order

India TV Sports Desk Published : Sep 07, 2013 20:16 IST, Updated : Oct 14, 2013 6:31 IST

 
Their community is male-dominated, women have few rights - even to their own bodies - and HIV is both rife and stigmatised. In some cases children are married off in return for livestock or alcohol, and girls as young as 6 are circumcised.







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