The White Masai - Corinne Hofmann

The White Masai really appealed to me as I live in Africa and could relate to parts of the story. I could not wait to read it. The book is a non-fictional account of a young Swiss lady, Corinne Hofmann, who initially goes on holiday to Mombasa, Kenya, with her boyfriend. She befriends a Masai and falls head over heals in love. Her story develops into her eventually staying in Africa living in a Masai village in the middle of the African bush. They do get married and have a baby daughter. I found the book extremely addictive. It was hard to put down, partly due to the fact that I could not believe the risk the author was putting herself and her ...  Read the complete review

The White Masai is the riviting story of a woman that found love in one of the most bizarre and unexpected places a person could fall in love and with a man she hadn't even spoken too. Corrine Hofmann tells the tale of her romance and marriage to Lketinga, the sandbur warrior with whom she fell in love with at first sight aboard the Likoni ferry with her then boyfriend, whilst on holiday in Mombasa. This was in the 1980's and with setting just a single glance at this man decided that this was the love of her life and he was worth giving up everything, including her shop in Switzerland to be with him. Unfortunately the course of true love never does run ...  Read the complete review

On holiday in Kenya with her boyfriend Corrine Hofmann first saw the Masai man who was to become her husband. It was love at first sight! She knew it was her destiny! She just had to have him! On returning home to Switzerland she waste no time in ditching her business, boyfriend and old life to return to Africa and find find her fairytale 'happy ever after'. Her story is fascinating and her the insights into Masai culture make for a really interesting read but I did spend quite a lot of time growling in irritation and must admit I found it really hard to like her or empathise with her. Innocent and endearing or overly melodramatic and a teensy bit selfish? I'm still not ...  Read the complete review