Corinne Hofmann
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Corinne Hofmann is a Swiss author most famous for her multi-million selling book Die weisse Massai (The White Masai).
Born on June 4, 1960 to German father and 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 fiancé Marco made a trip to Kenya. There, she met a Maasai warrior named Lketinga and instantly found him irresistible. She left her man, went back to Switzerland to sell her possessions, and returned to Kenya, destined to find Lketinga - which she eventually did. The couple moved together and later had a daughter.
While in Kenya, Hofmann suffered several hardships, including diseases and marital problems. Increasingly paranoid jealousy from her husband, possibly a side effect of his addiction to the Kenyan drug miraa, severely damaged her relationship, and eventually she decided to return to Switzerland for good, taking her daughter with her. Later on, she wrote a book about her experiences. The book, titled Die weisse Massai, went on to become a phenomenal success. It has then been translated to several languages, and in 2005, made into a movie starring Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido.
Hofmann has since authored two other books, Zurück aus Afrika and Wiedersehen in Barsaloi.
