This girl married an African warrior from a wild tribe. Their love story ended so sadly. Thirty-six years ago, a young and successful businesswoman from Switzerland came to Kenya for a vacation and fell in love with a Somburu warrior. For the sake of love, she gave up everything and settled in a hut in the wild jungle. However, their love story ended sadly. Why couldn’t they be together? And what does their 35-year-old daughter look like today? Corinne Hoffman was an ordinary European girl. She grew up in Switzerland and led a prosperous life.
At 21, Corinne opened her own clothing store. She became a successful businesswoman, and had everything one could dream of. The girl was very beautiful, wealthy and had great prospects for the future. Corinne dated Marco for almost two years. He was a guy from her social circle, the same handsome and wealthy person. They could get married and be happy. Such a life seemed so boring to the girl. She dreamed of travel and adventure. In 1986, the couple went on vacation to Kenya. At that time, Corinne was 26 years old. It was a great time.
They enjoyed their vacation and learned a lot about Kenyan culture. One day they accidentally met warriors from the Somburu tribe. Among them was a warrior named Lkatinga. He was the tallest, strongest and handsomest. Karin thought a lot about him and soon fell in love. It seemed kind of crazy. What could they have in common? They were people from different worlds. She is a wealthy girl who is used to comfort. The girl decided to break up with her boyfriend and sell her store in Switzerland. She sought out Lekatinga and fessed her feelings to him. The African could not resist the beautiful foreigner, and they spent the night together. But he could not even think that this girl could become his wife. She seemed too strange and and incomprehensible to him. In addition, he did not know who her parents were, and in Africa this is of great importance. But Karin was able to charm his family, and convince him to marry. They officially became husband and wife, and also celebrated the ceremony according to the rules of the Somburu people. Since then, Karin Hoffman settled with the tribe in the wild jungles of Kenya.
She had to abandon all the benefits of civilization. Together with her husband, she lived in a small hut made of dung. There was no sewerage, running water, or electricity. She had to go to the toilet in the wild jungle far from the village, and wash herself from a bucket. There was no proper food and medicine. She learned to live as a Somburu woman, fetching wood and water. The girl suffered from diseases, mainly malaria, and luckily survived. But love was above all. Corinne was ready to endure any difficulties for the sake of her beloved man.
However, domestic inconveniences were not the most terrible. From the first days after marriage, the couple began to have disagreements. The Katinga was jealous of his wife, and made scandals even if she smiled at other men. They did not understand each other because they grew up in different cultures. The African warrior is used to the fact that the man is the head of the family. Therefore, it annoyed him when Corinne opened her small shop in the village to sell basic goods and managed everything there herself. Despite everything, they lived together for four years. In this marriage, they had a daughter. With each passing day, Corinne found it increasingly difficult to put up with life in the African tribe.
She learned that the Somburu practiced female circumcision, a brutal procedure in which little girls genitals are cut off. In all developed countries, this barbaric practice is strictly prohibited. Lukatinga believed that their daughter should also undergo this ceremony, but Karin was categorically against it. Also, according to the rules of the tribe, she had to give her daughter as a servant to her husband’s mother. And Lekatinga could marry several times in order to have many children. Karin absolutely couldn’t put up with it too. Lekatinga increasingly gave her scandals because of jealousy, possibly a side effect of his addiction to the herbs. And once he even stated that their daughter was from another man.
It was increasingly difficult for a woman to put up with such a life. She was exhausted by constant accusations. Therefore, one day she decided to leave the tribe with her daughter. Corinne returned to Switzerland and began to lead a former life. In 1998, she wrote her autobiography, The White Maasai, where she spoke about her life in the tribe. The book became a bestseller and was translated into 30 languages. Since its first publication over 4 million copies have been sold around the world. The autobiography was also made into a film of the same name, which was also a great success.The woman wrote several more books and became very popular and wealthy. Today Corinne Hoffman is 63 years old and her daughter Napieri is 35 years old.
The girl is so beautiful. Very little is known about her life. We only know that she grew up in Switzerland, studied at college and only visited her father’s tribe when she was over 20 years old. Corinne allowed her daughter to go on a trip and see her father only after the age of majority, as she was afraid that her father might not let her go back. Despite past grievances, everyone was happy to see each other again. All these years, Corinne helped financially ex-husband, and his entire family. However, she could not return to him, as she realized that they were too different to be together.
