Sabine Kuegler "I no longer swim where the crocodiles are"

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Sabine Kuegler grew up in the jungle of West Papua, her book "Jungle Child" became a worldwide bestseller with millions of copies. She came to Europe at the age of 17 and experienced a culture clash. Today she lives in Hamburg, has children, friends and work. But she is still torn between two worlds and the inner struggle for her identity torments her. In the jungle, she learned to become invisible in order to survive - in the western world, you have to be visible. She was trained to perceive her world with all her senses, but here they were constantly overstimulated. She doubts and looks from the outside and inside at our civilization, which is alienated from nature: are we happy here?

In 2012, sick and given up by doctors, she returned to the jungle, where she lived for almost five years with various tribes in the deepest jungles of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and finally found healing. She experienced adventures there that many people find hard to believe. In her new book "Ich schwimmen nicht mehr da, wo die Krokodile sind" (I no longer swim where the crocodiles are), she talks for the first time about this dramatic time, her search for healing, happiness and her place in life. Her unique life perhaps also opens up the opportunity to be a mediator between cultures in a globalized world.

Sabine Kuegler was born in Nepal in 1972. At the age of five, she came with her parents, both linguists, to the jungles of West Papua, Indonesia, where she spent her childhood and youth. The family lived there with a then little-known indigenous tribe, the Fayu. At the age of 17, Sabine Kuegler left the jungle and completed her schooling in Switzerland. Her first book "Jungle Child" was published in 2005, a global bestseller that has been translated into over 30 languages. Today, Sabine Kuegler works as an entrepreneur and campaigns against social and cultural grievances.

➢ Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024

➢ Start: 19:00 hrs
➢ Venue: Damgarten Library, Wasserstr. 34a, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten

➢ Tickets at 15.00 euros each (plus booking fee) are available in advance: Tourist-Info and libraries or online at www.reservix.de

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Ribnitz-Damgarten town library, Im Kloster 4, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten

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