I Dreamed of Africa

When her friend died in a car crash, Kuki Gallmann married the widower, Paulo, and the couple, Paulo's two daughters and Kuki's son by a previous marriage moved to Kenya. When Paulo and Kuki's son both died, Kuki set up a private wildlife park. This book tells her family's story.

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This autobiography tells the story of an Italian woman whose life is driven by love of Africa. The prologue covers a string of deaths which shaped Kuki Gallmann's life including that of a woman friend who died in a car crash. The widower, Paulo (who then married Kuki), his two daughters and Kuki's son by a previous marriage all went to Kenya and bought a large estate. Paulo died in an accident and Kuki's son died aged 17, bitten by one of his own puff-adders. Kuki had a couple of affairs - one with a married white planter, another with a film stuntman who involved her in the film "Out of Africa". Finally she set up a foundation which in fact is more like a private wildlife park.