by Isak Dinesen

Karen Blixen Museum
Visit the Karen Blixen Museum in Denmark to learn about the author who used the pen name Isak Dinesen and who is perhaps best known for her writings about Africa. View one of Blixen's oil paintings and watch a short video clip from the documentary Karen Blixen: Storyteller. What are your impressions of the author? Respond in the Web Links Activity Log.

The Maasai
Read what Dinesen wrote about the Maasai in her book Out of Africa and explore the Maasai culture on this tourism site. What do you think is special about the Maasai culture? What is your impression of the camp and safari described on the site? Write your thoughts in the Web Links Activity Log.

Out of Africa - The Ngong Farm
Isak Dinesen's book Out of Africa tells the story of the years she spent living on a coffee plantation in Kenya. At this site you will find the beginning of the book accompanied by some photographs of the beautiful Kenyan landscape. Recall a time when you experienced the feeling of belonging that Blixen expresses in the line "Here I am, where I ought to be." Write a personal essay about that time, using this same line as the title.