THE AUTHOR

Kuki's autobiography, a world bestseller, ŒI Dreamed of Africa¹ (Viking, Penguin) is published in 21 languages and was made into a major feature film by Columbia Pictures, starring Kim Basinger in 2000. At the Kenya Premiere of the film she raised substantial funds that have been distributed amongst the local communities of Ol Morani, Sipili, Kaptuya and Tebelekwa.

She has written four other bestselling books, including "African Nights", ³Il colore del Vento²(The colour of the Wind, a collection of poetry in Italian), "Night of the Lions", and most recently "Elephants in my Orchard". She is working at present on a book with the National Geographic. She contributes to several publications.