The Shadow of the Sun - Ryszard Kapuściński and ritual

and ritual

Marcelino flees to the wild peaks of rural Asturias

she is sent to the mainland to work for one of the wealthy families on the coast

Quiet and withdrawn

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

The Shadow of the Sun - Ryszard Kapuściński and ritualRyszard 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