Reunion in BarsaloiFourteen 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 who remembered her - by Lketinga, who still thought of her as his `number one wife', 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 familiar 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. Corinne Hofmann revisits an area of a country which she cares about passionately, describing in her familiar immensely readable style the change she saw after her time away, and once again bringing to life the atmosphere and characters in the Masai village. |
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African family Albert and Klaus already AMREF animals anymore arms baby Barsaloi bush circumcision clothing coloured comes Constantin Film Corinne corral couple daughter drive everything eyes face Father Giuliani feel female circumcision fetch film set Flying Doctors girls give goats hand happy head hear herd Isiolo James James's jewellery kangas Kenya Kibera later laugh leave Little Albert live Lketinga Lketinga's sister look maize malaria Mama Mama's manyatta Maralal married meat Mission Mombasa motorbike mzungu Nairobi Napirai night Nyahururu okay old days Papa Saguna problems realize road roof tents Samburu country samosas Saruni say hello seems Sererit Shankayon smile someone standing Stefania suddenly Switzerland talk tell tent there's things tomorrow traditional Turkana turn ugali village waiting walk Wamba warriors watch wearing White Masai wife woman women young