Hannah Pool

The writer Hannah Pool shares the story of her upbringing and life on CNN’s African Voices .

Born in Eritrea she is equally at home at the fashion shows of New York as she is in the remote African villages where her family still lives. Her far from conventional upbringing, which saw her living in numerous countries in Africa and Europe, became even more confusing when, at the age of 19, she discovered that her father, who she had always thought was dead, was alive and well and living in Eritrea. In this programme she tells Atika Shubert her remarkable story.

Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea and grew up in England, via Sudan and Norway, with her white adoptive father. Then a brother she never knew she had wrote to her from Eritrea, which led to a journey to trace her unknown family.

Showtimes:

•Saturdays: 09:30, 15:30
•Sundays: 09:00, 22:00
•Mondays: 10:30, 18:30
(all times GMT)