Tippi Degré
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Tippi Degré (full name Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré ; born June 4, 1990 in Windhoek , Namibia ) is a French author who became famous in southern Africa because of her childhood, documented in the picture book Tippi from Africa . This illustrated book contains pictures taken by Degré's parents, which show Degré in close contact with various African animals. Through these recordings, she received media attention as "The girl who talks to animals".
Life
Degré's parents Sylvie Robert and Alain Degré went to Africa in the 1980s to work as freelance nature photographers, specializing in the life of the meerkats , with whom they “lived” for some time. When Degré was just a few months old, her parents took her on a photo safari and photographed their daughter's encounter with African animals. Degré grew up in close contact with the San children , whose language and survival techniques she learned. In addition, she lived in close contact with several animals, including an elephant, a leopard, a lion, a baboon, and an ostrich.
Degré says of herself that she can communicate with animals.
Degré spent most of her childhood in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and then Madagascar. Sometimes she attended school in Paris, later she was given distance learning by her mother or private tutors while traveling.
Today she lives in Paris and studies film studies at the University of Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle. She was involved in a series of six documentaries on Africa on the Discovery Channel . Degré's book Tippi from Africa reached number 17 on the 2001 annual bestseller list of the news magazine Der Spiegel .
Books and film about Tippi Degré
- Sylvie Robert [Degré], Joëlle Ody, Alain Degré, Alexandre Degré: Tippi of Africa . La petite fille qui parle aux animaux. Lafon, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84098-182-3 (French).
- Tippi Degré, Alain Robert and Sylvie Degré (photographs): Tippi from Africa . The girl who talks to the animals. Ullstein , Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-36444-6 (Original title: Mon livre d'Afrique . Translated by Claudia Steinitz, The stories and secrets were entrusted to Valérie Péronnet).
- Alain Robert Degré, Sylvie Degré: Tippi's world . Our daughter's apprenticeship among the wild animals of Africa. 3. Edition. Ullstein 36672, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-548-36672-4 (Original title: Le monde selon Tippi . Translated by Claudia Steinitz, first edition: 2004).
- Christian Crye: Tippi . A life like in the jungle book. ARD video, Hamburg ( Tippi Degré - VHS video, PAL, FSK or similar, running time approx. 45 minutes).
Web links
- Tippi Degré in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tippi's official homepage
- Christiane Schott: The one who dances with the animals. In: DIE ZEIT 2001/17. Retrieved December 9, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kim Willsher, Sydney Morning Herald December 27, 2002: Forget being famous, says bush baby, I'd just like to be normal , accessed December 11, 2009
- ↑ Tippi from Africa. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 18, 2013 ; accessed on April 11, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Annual bestseller list of non-fiction books in 2001 on Spiegel Online , accessed on December 9, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Degré, Tippi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Degré, Tippi Benjamine Okanti (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th June 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Windhoek , Namibia |