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A review by mbondlamberty
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
3.0
As a teacher (and student) of World History and a former inhabitant of Poland, I looked forward to reading this book for a number of reasons.
However early on I got annoyed with the whole Africa had no kingdoms in the interior (really - Songhai, Zimbabwe, etc.) and the other trite phrases used at times. However I liked the first hand accounts of certain points of Africa - the trip by bus where the driver doesn't play music until past the curves which the passengers know well enough to automatically lean into the hill on the driver's command.
So I appreciated the book and many anecdotes, but I won't recommend it for my students to read.
However early on I got annoyed with the whole Africa had no kingdoms in the interior (really - Songhai, Zimbabwe, etc.) and the other trite phrases used at times. However I liked the first hand accounts of certain points of Africa - the trip by bus where the driver doesn't play music until past the curves which the passengers know well enough to automatically lean into the hill on the driver's command.
So I appreciated the book and many anecdotes, but I won't recommend it for my students to read.