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How Did You Come to Africa?
When i was ten years old, my dream was to live with both animals and write books about them. So eventually, i got an invite to africa from a school friend. I saved up money working as a waitress. That's when i met doctor lewis leakey, my mentor. And he amazingly saw something in me and offered me this amazing opportunity to go and study chimps. It took him a year to get the money. The british authorities said, we don't take responsibility for this ridiculous idea. In the end, they said, all right, but she can't come alone. So who volunteered that same amazing mother? so that's how it happened