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The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski (Hardcover, 2001)
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Author:Kapuscinski, Ryszard. 'Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career.
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With the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist. Kapuscinski has been visiting Africa since 1957. Here he attempts to hold up a mirror to the ever-changing situations and predicaments of an entire continnet. The length of his relationship with Africa, the depth and the variety of his experiences and his determination to avoid offical routes, palaces and big politics create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a kaleidoscope of events entirely resistant to generalized explanations. As always, Kapmscinski writes vividly about his experiences and the people he meets. But more than this, he attempts to come to terms with humanity as it struggles to escape from foreign domination from the inoxications of freedom, from war and from politics as theft. Kapuscinski has already written a highly regarded collection of essays on contemporary Africa.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780713994551
eBay Product ID (ePID)91226202
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Shadow of the Sun: My African Life
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicHolidays, History
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorRyszard Kapuscinski
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight648 g
Item Width165 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRyszard Kapuscinski
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- 01 Jun, 2019
Post Independence Africa through the lens of a journalist poet.
I bought the book to add to my Africa collection. I was born in East Africa and lived there for 40 years. I have a different view point to some of the issues he discusses but he was not born there. He wrote as a visitor. The translator has done a good job on getting over the poetical mind of the author, which made the book very enjoyable.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
