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Born on June 4, 1960 to a German father and a French mother, Corinne studied in the canton of Glarus and eventually went into the retail trade.
(Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter...)
Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter, Corinne returned in the summer of 2004 to meet Lketinga and his family again in their village, Barsaloi. Nervous as she was, and uncertain as to how he would react on seeing her again, she found to her relief that she was welcomed unreservedly by all those who remembered her - by Lketinga, who still thought of her as his 'wife number one', by his brother, James, now a schoolteacher and especially by Lketinga's mother, who had looked after Corinne with such care all those years before. Corinne Hofmann revisits an area of a country which she cares about passionately, describing in her immensely readable style the changes she saw after her time away, and once again bringing to life the atmosphere and characters in the Masai village.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1905147406/?tag=2022091-20
(In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, aut...)
In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, author of the global bestseller The White Masai, delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places. Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, and traveling Kenya together for the first time, they discover Napirai's roots and finally meet her father and half-siblings. Hofmann then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/190812945X/?tag=2022091-20
(Una joven suiza, en viaje a Kenia, se enamora de un mucha...)
Una joven suiza, en viaje a Kenia, se enamora de un muchacho masai. Renuncia a lo que hasta entonces habia sido su vida y decide vivir en Kenia en condiciones miserables, en una cabana, con la gente de una tribu masai con la que, ademas, no se puede comunicar. La chica trata de adaptarse, pero tras cuatro anos de esfuerzo tiene que renunciar. No obstante, lo hace contra su voluntad. Desde entonces, parte importante de su vida seguiran siendo sus experiencias, no todas negativas, de convivencia en una tribu masai. De esta experiencia, a veces dramatica, le queda su hija, con la que huye para instalarse de nuevo en su Suiza natal. Deja tras ella la angustia, las enfermedades, a veces el hambre, la convivencia constante con el dolor y la muerte. / This is an adventure of two star-crossed lovers from vastly different backgrounds. Corinne, a European entrepreneur, meets Lketinga, a Samburu warrior, while on vacation in Kenya. Despite their barriers, they embark on a love affair and Corinne moves to Africa. But the dream starts to crumble when she can no longer ignore the chasm between their different cultures.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8425399556/?tag=2022091-20
(Sus largos cabellos iban recogidos en finas trenzas y el ...)
Sus largos cabellos iban recogidos en finas trenzas y el rostro estaba cubierto de signos pintados. Ese hombre, hermoso y digno como un dios, pronto se esfumó entre el gentío en los alrededores de Mombasa, pero la joven mujer intuyó que aquellas vacaciones en Kenia iban a ser algo más que un simple recorrido turístico. Corinne y Lketinga volvieron a verse, y de esos encuentros casi furtivos nació una relación peculiar e intensa. Corinne rompió con su novio Marco y dejó su casa en Suiza para irse a vivir a un pequeño pueblo al norte de Nairobi, donde se casó. Allí se vio muy pronto obligada a compartir su choza con la madre de Lketinga y a someterse a los rituales de una tribu que no aceptaba de buen grado la presencia de una masai blanca. La pasión duró cuatro años, y de la unión nació Napirai, una niña que hoy es el consuelo de Corinne tras su fuga de Kenia. Y aquí está el recuerdo de esta experiencia única, que conmovió su cuerpo y espíritu, en las cálidas páginas de unas memorias que encierrantodo el aroma y el sabor de las tierras de África.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8483464020/?tag=2022091-20
( The runaway international bestseller is now an American...)
The runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior while on holiday in Kenya. After overcoming severe obstacles, she moves into a tiny hut with him and his mother, and spends four years in his Kenyan village. Slowly but surely, the dream starts to crumble, and she hatches a plan to return home with her daughter, a baby born of the seemingly indestructible love between a white European woman and a Masai. Compulsively readable, The White Masai is at once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn, and a fine piece of meticulously observed social anthropology.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061131539/?tag=2022091-20
Born on June 4, 1960 to a German father and a French mother, Corinne studied in the canton of Glarus and eventually went into the retail trade.
At the age of twenty-one, she opened her own clothing store. In 1986, Hofmann and her boyfriend Marco made a trip to Kenya. There, she met a Samburu warrior named Lketinga Leparmorijo and instantly found him irresistible.
She left Marco, went back to Switzerland to sell her possessions, and, in 1987, returned to Kenya, determined to find Lketinga, which she eventually did.
The couple moved in together, married, and had a daughter. The Samburu are a pastoralist people related to the Maasai, and live in small villages in an arid area of central Kenya.
Hofmann moved into her mother-in-law"s manyatta (compound) and learned to live as a Samburu woman, fetching wood and water. She opened a small shop in the village, to sell basic goods.
Hofmann suffered several hardships, including diseases (mainly malaria) and marital problems.
Later on, she wrote a book about her experiences. The book, titled Die weisse Massai, went on to become a phenomenal success. lieutenant has then been translated into several languages, and in 2005, made into a movie starring Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido.
Hofmann has since written three other books, Zurück aus Afrika (Back from Africa), Wiedersehen in Barsaloi (Reunion in Barsaloi) and Afrika, meine Passion (Africa, my passion), which are sequels to the first book
She returned to visit her Samburu family for the first time in 2004. Another visit followed, this time in a company of the daughter she has had with Lketinga.
The reunion is described in Afrika, meine Passion.
(In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, aut...)
(Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter...)
(After the phenomenal success of The White Masai and Reuni...)
( The runaway international bestseller is now an American...)
(Sus largos cabellos iban recogidos en finas trenzas y el ...)
(Una joven suiza, en viaje a Kenia, se enamora de un mucha...)