Austria in october 2008 i thought i had closed this african chapter of my life. The author, corinne hofmann is a german entrepreneur from switzerland who meets lketinga, a masai warrior while she vacations in mombasa, kenyas beautiful coast. Some years ago hofmann, a businesswoman who owned a clothes shop in switzerland, visited. Corinne, a european entrepreneur, meets lketinga, a samburu warrior, while on vacation in mombasa on. In the film version, names have been changed from those in the novel.
For corinne, holidaying in mobassa with her boyfriend, it was the last thing this swiss woman expected. The title reads the journey back to the white masai. Corinne, a european entrepreneur, meets lketinga, a samburu warrior, while on vacation in mombasa on kenyas glamorous coast. A mimbres apache, massai was born circa 1847 and died 1911. The white masai 2006 read online free book by corinne. The white masai is an autobiographical novel written by corinne hofmann about the years she. The story of a swiss woman who goes to kenya, falls in love with a masai warrior, and moves there to live with him, the white masai is also a story of love, crossculture marriage, life in an african village, and domestic abuse. If anything it should be the journey back for the white masai as it refers to the author, not her african family. There, she has to adapt to the masai s way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. In the white masai, corinne hofmann told the incredible story of how she fell in love with and married lketinga, a masai worrior, and lived with his family in kenya. Just as it happened in real life, the film captures the moment love struck. The story of the white masai carola comes from switzerland to visit kenya and sees what she thinks is a masai warrior he is actually from the samburu tribe. The film is based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by the german born writer corinne hofmann. The maasai people stood against slavery and lived alongside most wild animals with an aversion to eating game and birds.
The white masai combines adventure and the pursuit of passion in a pageturning story of two starcrossed lovers from vastly different backgrounds. The white masai has been a massive success in the media and with the public. I once read a book whose first chapter was headed a confluence of paths two roads diverged in the middle of my life, i heard a wise man say, i took the road less travelled by, and thats made the difference every night and every day. With nina hoss, jacky ido, katja flint, antonio prester. Now, in back from africa, she describes her return to switzerland and the difficulties that faced her there, detailing how she built a new life for herself and her daughter and.
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. Cows are valued above anything else by the meatloving masai tribe. Genres dramas dramas based on real life foreign movies foreign dramas romantic movies. Dan, nelson, the expert spotters and the team from real masai safari has a real passion for wild life in africa and their enthusiasm shows throughout the whole tour experience. The fourmillioncopy international bestseller of the incredible love story between a european woman and an african warriorthe white masai combines adventure and the pursuit of passion in a pageturning story of two starcrossed lovers from vastly different backgrounds. Why is this middleclass woman giving up a life of luxury to live in a mud hut with an african warrior. British woman leaves behind family to marry into and. Despite language and cultural barriers, they embark on an impossible love. Corinne hofmann achieved international fame with the white masai, which details the extraordinary story of her life with a masai warrior in kenya. A girl, carola, whose vacation in kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a masai. Many years ago i read the first two books by corinne hofmann. Based upon an autobiographical novel by swiss writer corinne hofmann, the film tells of a girl, carola, whose vacation in kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a masai.
White masai rediscovers passion for africa swi swissinfo. When i read the book the white masai several years ago, i was shocked by this german womans decision to leave her world behind to marry a maasai man and acclimate to his culture and way of life. Once she was settled into life with the masai, it was interesting and hard to believe this is a true story. She also has to face her husbands attitude towards women. The last dance the real reason michael jordan and the bulls won 6 titles. The white masai by corinne hofmann nook book ebook. Why white woman left husband and kids for kenyan masai married man duration. Russell westbrook blew off meeting michael jordan to play ball. Born on june 4, 1960 to a german father and a french mother, corinne studied in. After the white masai, back from africa and reunion in. Corinne hofmann has written three books based on her life story, including two sequels to the white masaiback from africa, which is a bestseller in germany, and reunion in barsaloi, which was released in 2005. She was extremely mean to her swiss boyfriend and dumps him unceremoniously for a.
Maasai land now has east africas finest game areas. The screenplay concerns carola, a woman who falls in love in kenya with maasai lemalian. Reallife tarzan lee white is on a mission to protect. Visually stunning, the white masai is an unforgettable love story that takes us deep into the heart of kenya. The movie the white masai in german with english subtitles. The white masai combines adventure and the pursuit of passion in a. The fourmillioncopy international bestseller of the incredible love story between a european woman and an african warrior. It is the currency that proves a persons real wealth in the community. She is completely taken with the exotic man, and then decides to give up her life in switzerland in order to come back to kenya and find him. He became a famous apache warrior in 1886 for his grand trek following his escape from a train that was transporting his people to florida. There, she has to adapt to the masais way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood.
Maasai society never condoned traffic of human beings, and outsiders looking for people to enslave avoided the maasai. The hardcover was on the spiegel besteller list for a. Reallife tarzan lee white is on a mission to protect gabons forest elephants. Since the books first publication in august 1998 over 4 million copies hardback and paperback have been sold around the world. I thought it was a little too dramatic for real life. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. This book doesnt have the messy depth of the white masai. A true story based on the international bestseller by corinne hofmann at the end of her holidays in kenya, carola nina hoss meets the. Corinne hofmann was born on june 4th, 1960 in switzerland, the daughter of a french mother and a german father. Corinne hofmann has written three books based on her life story, including two sequels to the white masai back from africa, which is a bestseller in germany, and reunion in barsaloi, which was released in 2005. One of the chief chores of a masai warrior in the community is to help hunt down rogue lions that sometimes attack their herds of cattle. My exotic tale of love and adventure best seller books best seller.
She lives with her teenage daughter in switzerland. A major motion picture followed and the book went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. White wants to avoid is mass tourism and the untold damage it can wreak on the environment, as evidenced in kenyas masai mara. In fact, the picture tells a pretty accurate story. Watching the masai hunt down a lion is not for the faint hearted. I didnt think that i go to kenya and i will fall in love with a black man there from the masai tribe, no, never, never. It described in details the everyday life of samburu people occupying the dry lands of. The white masai a girl, carola, whose vacation in kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a masai. The course of true love is never smooth, and the story of a swiss woman who marries a. Seeing herds of elephants, giraffes, gazelles, wildebeests and the exciting search for lions, cheetahs, hippos, leopards, rhinos and more made an unforgettable memory. The white masai 2005 when young swiss woman carola lehmann nina hoss goes on vacation to kenya with her boyfriend, she becomes deeply fascinated by masai tribesman lemalian mamutelil jacky ido so much so, in fact, that she ends up abandoning her traveling mate to join him. Compulsively readable, the white masai is at once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn, and a fine piece of meticulously. Ultimate minimalists, the maasai are part of the land and animals and connected to the earth in ways we in the. Battle of long tan documentary danger close movie based on this story vietnam war duration.
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