The Shadow of the Sun - Ryszard Kapuściński It has been half a

It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai

and his encounters are revelatory about both Japanese society and human psychology

As Holocaust literature based on first-hand testimony

Quiet and withdrawn

In a cosy back alley in Tokyo

The Shadow of the Sun - Ryszard Kapuściński It has been half aRyszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In a study 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 the mosaic of peoples and practises we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity