The Shadow of the Sun
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
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appears in Travel, Travel, and History.
In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that foll...
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appears in Travel, Travel, and History.
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