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The shadow of the sun / Ryszard Kapuscinski ; translated from the Polish by Klara Glowczewska.
Language: English Original language: Polish Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 325 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780679779070
- Heban. English
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard -- Travel -- Africa
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard
- Since 1960
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Travel
- Africa -- Description and travel
- Africa -- History -- 1960-
- Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
- Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
- Africa
- Afrika
- Afrique -- Histoire -- 1960-
- Afrique -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1960-
- Afrique -- Conditions sociales -- 1960-
- DT 12.25 .K35713 2001
Partial contents:
Summary: "Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule. From the hopeful years of independence through the bloodcurdling disintegration of nations such as Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, and Angola, Kapuscinski recounts great social and political changes as seen through the prism of the ordinary African."--Jacket.
The beginning: collision, Ghana, 1958. -The road to Kumasi. -The structure of the clan. -I, a white man. -The cobra's heart. -Inside the mountain of ice. -Zanzibar. -The anatomy of a coup d'etat. -Lalibela, 1975. -Amin. -The ambush. -A lecture on Rwanda. -A day in the village of Abdallah Wallo. -A hole in Onitsha. -Eritrean scenes. -In the shade of a tree, in Africa.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | DT 12.25 .K35713 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5191062 |
"Originally published in Poland as Heban by, Czytelnik, Warsaw, in 1988"--Title page verso.
The beginning: collision, Ghana, 1958. -The road to Kumasi. -The structure of the clan. -I, a white man. -The cobra's heart. -Inside the mountain of ice. -Zanzibar. -The anatomy of a coup d'etat. -Lalibela, 1975. -Amin. -The ambush. -A lecture on Rwanda. -A day in the village of Abdallah Wallo. -A hole in Onitsha. -Eritrean scenes. -In the shade of a tree, in Africa.
"Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule. From the hopeful years of independence through the bloodcurdling disintegration of nations such as Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, and Angola, Kapuscinski recounts great social and political changes as seen through the prism of the ordinary African."--Jacket.
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