Africa, My Passion
$48.18
- Paperback
210 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2014
Summary
In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places, then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people.
Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, they travel to Nairobi together for the first time to discover Napirai’s roots and finally meet her father and half-siblings.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781908129451 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 190812945X |
| Author: | Corinne Hofmann, Peter Millar |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 210 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
‘She is a brilliant observer … A talented writer, describing the consequences of a passion that combines elements of a holiday romance with troubling fantasies about the noble savage’
“Narrated with genuine affection for all things African.” – Kirkus Reviews “Kirkus Reviews”
About The Author
Corinne Hofmann
Corinne Hofmann was born in 1960 of a French mother and a German father in Frauenfeld, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. She had an international bestseller with The White Masai, an autobiographical account of her life in Kenya, which has since been translated into more than twenty languages and was adapted for film in 2005, seen by more than one million people. Her second book, Zuruck aus Afrika (Back from Africa) described her attempt to start a new life back in Switzerland. She now lives near Lake Lugano, Switzerland.
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