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Nurith Aizenman

Kenya's Samburu boys share a sacred bond. Why one teen broke with the brotherhood

Paris Lekuuk, 15, (center) listens to a math lesson in the third grade classroom of his primary school in northern Kenya. Just weeks earlier, he had been living the traditional life of a Samburu "moran," or warrior — herding cattle on a mountain. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

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Paris Lekuuk is 15 years old. But he's standing in the third grade of a primary school in Northern Kenya – squeezed between 8-year-olds who barely reach his elbows.

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