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, Zurück 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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Africa, My Passion
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,…
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Reunion in Barsaloi
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…
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Back from Africa
Corinne Hofmann describes her return to Switzerland and the difficulties that faced her there, detailing how she built a new life for herself and her…
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The White Masai
Whilst on holiday in Kenya, Corinne Hoffman fell in love with a Masai warrior. Eventually she moved into a tiny shack with him and his…