A visit to Karen Blixen Museum in Kenya

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A visit to Karen Blixen Museum in Kenya

STORY: A visit to Karen Blixen Museum in Kenya DATELINE: May 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:07 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Karen Blixen museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RODAH LANGE, Curator at Karen Blixen Museum 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RODAH LANGE, Curator at Karen Blixen Museum 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RODAH LANGE, Curator at Karen Blixen Museum STORYLINE: Nestled in one of the most picturesque neighborhood of Nairobi, the Karen Blixen Museum offers a glimpse into Kenya's colonial history, the journey towards self-rule and the collective aspirations of its many ethnic groups. Karen Blixen, the author of "Out of Africa" autobiography, which later became an Oscar award-winning movie by the same title, wrote the affection she had for her abode at the foot of Ngong hills, located on the northern edges of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Blixen returned to her native Denmark in 1931 from where she pursued her interests including writing and painting till her demise in 1962 at the age o

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