Through color and design, beads foster feelings of good will, harmony and beauty, the women said. Kenya is in turmoil, and many people have lost faith in President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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Prices for the jewelry, most of which are bracelets, will range from $10 to $40, depending on the item’s intricacy, Shen said in an email. Proceeds will go to a school in Oloolaimutia, a Kenyan ...

The founder, Chris Hough, launched ArtiKen online on July 4, 2016, with the goal of bringing the Kenyan bead designs to the U.S. while giving back to the local community.

Philip Leakey, a third generation Kenyan, is the youngest son of famous archaeologist and anthropologist Louis B. Leakey and at one time was a the MP for Langata.

Man has worn beads "since time began", in rituals and ceremonies, for beautification, for talismanic purposes or healing, to denote status, or as symbols of wealth.

The traditional pastime of jewelry-making has a new economic significance for Chemakwany, an elder of Kenya’s Pokot tribe, who traveled to the National Mall last month to show her wares and ...