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Only 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'. Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In astudy that avoids the official routes, palaces and big politics, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. It is both a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practises we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with…
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20 editions · 7 languages- Ebook · English · 2009The Shadow of the SunPenguin Group UK · 9780141928753
- Other · English · 2007The Shadow Of The Sun My African LifePenguin · 9780141035321
- Other · English · 2002Shadow of the SunPenguin Books, Limited · 336 pages · 9780140292626
- Other · English · 2002The shadow of the sunVintage · 325 pages · 9780676973754
- Other · English · 2002The Shadow Of The SunVintage Books · 9780679779070
- Other · English · 2001The shadow of the sunAlfred A. Knopf · 325 pages · 9780679454915
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