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Queen Matilde of Belgium wades into age old Maasai culture early marriages and FGM during her recent visit to Kenya accompanied by Crown Princess Elizabeth

Belgian Queen Matilde (right inn sweater) and Crown Princess Elizabeth-Photo By Frank Dejongh

18-year-old Purity Kesuma fits the aphorism “pigs will fly” meaning that the seemingly impossible phenomena can come to pass in a life time.

Born into the conservative Maasai culture that treats women and girls as objects without a voice, Kesuma has not only shrugged off early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) so prevalent in her community, she has acquired wings and, like the popular aphorism,  flown to an unlikely audience with a European queen.

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