KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARD — The Shadow of the Sun

Penguin Books 200 Translator Klara Glowczewska 326 p. SOFTCOVER: (Original paperb.. Light traces of use. GOOD) A renowned commentator on African history and politics creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination.