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THE LIONESS: new book of Francesco Ferracin
Published Nov 9, 2022
Updated Nov 9, 2022
Education and Training
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Education and Training
Published Nov 9, 2022
Updated Nov 9, 2022
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THE LIONESS: new book of Francesco Ferracin
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The Lioness is inspired by the unpublished diaries of Christel Ernst Onyewenjo.
East Berlin, 1963.
Twenty-two-year-old Friederike 'Rike' Schmidt is a literature student at the University of Potsdam. The mother of a two-year-old daughter from a relationship with a violent and dangerous man, at a political rally she meets Obiajulu, a Nigerian engineering student, in East Berlin for an exchange programme. The two young people could not be more different. Against all social convention, Rike and Obi start dating, and their love affair leads to the birth of a baby girl. They decide to get married and, once they finish their studies, to go and live in Nigeria, where Obi will be destined for a prestigious position. The first to leave will be Obi, but for Rike it will immediately prove almost
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