Kuki studied political science at Padua and dreamed of Africa Divorced and crippled, she convalesced in Kenya with Paolo Gallmann, whom she later married, and they spent their time exploring and hunting When Paolo was killed she was left with her son, an unborn baby and 90,000 acres of Africa to look after After the death of her son from a snake-bite, she forged a new life for herself and established a foundation, in memory of her husband and son, to promote and sponsor the education of Kenyans