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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 · 2009
    The Shadow of the Sun
    Penguin Group UK · 9780141928753
  • Other · English · 2007
    The Shadow Of The Sun My African Life
    Penguin · 9780141035321
  • Other · English · 2002
    Shadow of the Sun
    Penguin Books, Limited · 336 pages · 9780140292626
  • Other · English · 2002
    The shadow of the sun
    Vintage · 325 pages · 9780676973754
  • Other · English · 2002
    The Shadow Of The Sun
    Vintage Books · 9780679779070
  • Other · English · 2001
    The shadow of the sun
    Alfred A. Knopf · 325 pages · 9780679454915
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