My Maasai Life A Child's Adventure in Africa

A memoir of a girl's choice to leave childhood comforts behind to live in her adoptive country of Kenya. Growing up in suburban Illinois, Robin Wiszowatynever pictured herself living with an impoverished Maasai family in rural Kenya. Yet in her early twenties Wiszowatyembarked on an incredible journey that would shake her from complacency, take her to unimaginable locales, and change her life forever. My Maasai Lifefollows Wiszowaty's remarkable voyage as she explores some of the most remote areas of East Africa and has her eyes opened to the diverse issues facing the fascinating Maasai people. Co-published with Me to We Books.

Born in Schaumberg, Illinois, Robin Wiszowaty currently resides in her adoptive home of Kenya. With a lifetime of volunteerism and education research behind her, she serves as Free The Children's Kenya Program Director, overseeing development projects throughout the country. In 2002, she spent a year living with the Maasai people, immersing herself in their culture and communicating solely in Swahili. Her explorations into poverty and seeking its solutions took her to sites throughout East Africa. My Maasai Life: From Surburbia to Savannah, her first book, is her chronicle of these experiences, and beyond. My Maasai Life: A Child's Adventure in Africa is her second book.