As she did not have any morphine with her, she decided to place the King’s letter on the young Kikuyu’s chest and tell him that a letter from a king “will do away with all pain.” It worked, and from that day onward the King’s “miracle-working” letter became part of her medicine stock. When inspecting her land one day, she found a young man from the Kikuyu tribe whose leg had been crushed under a felled tree. “Barua a Soldani” means “letter from a King.” It is a story about a letter Karen Blixen received from Danish King Christian X as thanks for a lion-skin she had sent him. But there was so much more to one of Kenya’s most famous authors than ‘Out of Africa’.Īs part of our women’s month celebration, we looked into the life and work of this fascinating woman, and found so much more than a wealthy baroness who had a love affair with (and in) Africa. This is probably the first thing most people think about when they hear the name Karen Blixen. “I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.” WORDS by KATARINA MANCAMA | IMAGES SUPPLIED by CHRISTIE FYNN MORGAN
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