The Dutch Ladies Tinne, in the Sudan
Nineteenth Century Adventurers
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Aunt Addy remained behind by choice, one of the foreigners she came to know well was an Italian Physician named Elias Rossi Bey. He studied medicine in Italy, came to Egypt in 1838 and was employed as a Medical doctor by the government. Rossi came with the new Governor general Prince Mohamed Abdel Haleem in 1856 and served in the Sudan until 1865.
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Alexine was a well-heeled Dutch lady with connections to the Dutch Royal family. She was born in The Hague in1835 and lived there for the first two decades of her life. Both she and her mother loved to travel. They traveled widely within Europe and then south to the Mediterranean. They finally ended up in the Wilds of Africa following the origins of the Nile. Surrounded by a large retinue of employees, Alexine fearlessly faced the hazards of nineteenth century travel in Africa as the leader of her own expedition. Almost two centuries later, a similarly exceptional countrywoman of hers, the author, decided to follow her heart and went to live in the Sudan. She felt that it was her destiny to re-discover and then to write the story of Alexine.
About the Author
Anna Maria Abushama -Rademaker was born in Hilversum, Holland just before World War II. She lived and worked there until she married a Sudanese reporter at Radio Netherlands. She travelled with him to the Sudan and has lived there happily for the last forty-five years.