If there is a book about Africa "The Shadow of the Sun" is defo one of the books that will come to people's mind. Written by the Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski the book is actually a collection of essays about his experiences in Africa he made in 40 years of beeing a foreign correspondent - from the initial enthusiasm in the 1950s when colonial power began to wane to the destruction of that dream and war and starvation.
Each essay could stand alone, but all together they are forming a pretty unique portrait of Africa, the people and, of course of the author, Ryszard Kapuscinski.
Polish writer Ryszard Kapuscinski died on January 23, 2007, at the age of 74. As a foreign correspondent, Kapuscinski covered coups and revolutions in the developing world for forty years. This interview originally aired in 1988.
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