A review by susanlawson
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuściński

5.0

A collection of articles on the many and varied parts of Africa visited by this Polish journalist, who clearly loved the continent and its people. The themes are of inhospitable environment, crippling heat and extreme poverty and listlessness. The evils of colonialism and slavery appear to underpin everything that has gone awry in recent decades.