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Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré (born 4 June 1990) is a French woman who spent her childhood in Namibia among wild animals and tribespeople.[1] In 2002–03, she was the presenter of Around the World with Tippi, six wildlife and environmental TV documentaries.
Born in Namibia in 1990, Tippi Degré grew up in Southern Africa for the first ten years of her life. She was raised in the bush where her parents worked as wildlife photographers and filmmakers. She is known for the photos published internationally in the press and in books about her childhood in the wild, where she was living close to the tribespeople of her country, th
Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré (born 4 June 1990) is a French woman who spent her childhood in Namibia among wild animals and tribespeople.[1] In 2002–03, she was the presenter of Around the World with Tippi, six wildlife and environmental TV documentaries.
Born in Namibia in 1990, Tippi Degré grew up in Southern Africa for the first ten years of her life. She was raised in the bush where her parents worked as wildlife photographers and filmmakers. She is known for the photos published internationally in the press and in books about her childhood in the wild, where she was living close to the tribespeople of her country, the San Bushmen and the Himbas, and the animals.[2][3] She was named after the actress Tippi Hedren.[4] During her childhood in Namibia, Tippi befriended wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant Abu, a leopard nicknamed J&B, crocodiles, lion cubs, giraffes, a northern greater galago, a banded mongoose, an ostrich, meerkats, a baby zebra, a cheetah, a caracal, a snake, an African grey parrot, giant bullfrogs and chameleons.[5]
Tippi would go to school in Paris and travel often between Southern Africa and France. Her parents' published photographs about their life in Africa.[6] A book of her adventures, Tippi of Africa was published and translated in several languages.[7][8] It reached the annual bestseller list of the German news magazine Der Spiegel in 2001.[9] Tippi My Book of Africa is a novel based on Degré's adventurous life in Namibia and in Madagascar. In 2002–03, Degré presented six wildlife and environmental TV documentaries for the Discovery Channel.[5]
Former Godmother of the 20th anniversary of FICMA (International Environmental Film Festival), Tippi wishes to work in wildlife preservation and to become a film director. A documentary on her experiences, Le Monde Selon Tippi was released in 1997.[10] Around the World with Tippi, was released in 2004. It was directed by Jeanne Mascolo de Filippis.[11]
Tippi studied cinema and audiovisuals in France and currently lives in Paris, where she is the director of 'El Petit FICMA', the children's section of the FICMA festival.[12]
Tippi makes public interventions and awareness conferences and education on the link, the bond between Man and Animal, especially with children.
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