Nirgendwo in Afrika

The bestseller by the award-winning author. A moving piece of contemporary history and a love letter to Africa. This autobiographical novel depicts in unparalleled language the odyssey of Walter, Jettel, and Regina, who set out from Breslau to East Africa in 1938, losing their homeland, gaining a new one, and yet wanting to return. Stefanie Zweig tells the story of Regina, who quickly falls under the spell of Africa. She loves the scents and colors, the overwhelming nature, the animals, and the people who become friends. However, after the war, her father wants to return to Germany. "Nowhere in Africa" was adapted for the cinema by the award-winning director Caroline Link. The film won both the Bavarian and the German Film Award in 2002 and received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.