birth_place notableworks birth_date article_title name occupation
ljubljana -lrb- now in slovenia -rrb- , kingdom of serbs , croats and slovenes okomfu daljni deželi anoči , se spominjaš afrike , jernejček v 15 november 1920 zdenka Žebre
 zdenka Žebre writer
zdenka Žebre

zdenka Žebre -lrb- born 15 november 1920 -rrb- is a slovene writer , best known for her books with an african theme .
Žebre was born in ljubljana in 1920 .
she studied law but her studies were interrupted by the second world war .
in 1963 she moved to africa with her husband and lived in ethiopia and ghana for over a decade .
africa inspired her to start writing and she worked on her novel `` okomfu anoči '' about the ashanti priest and statesman okomfo anokye .
she continued to use africa as an inspiration for her work , including the three children 's books she published .
she also wrote a memoir of her life in africa in the autobiographical novel entitled `` se spominjaš afrike '' -lrb- do you remember africa ? -rrb-
, published in 2003 .
