The Shadow of the Sun
 

The Shadow of the Sun

by Ryszard Kapuscinski

When Africa makes international news, it is usually because war has broken out or some bizarre natural disaster has taken a large number of lives. Westerners are appallingly ignorant of Africa otherwise, a condition that the great Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapu?ciñski helps remedy with this book based on observations gathered over more than four decades.
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