https://kapuscinski.info/en/tags/dekolonizacja/Recent content in Dekolonizacja on kapuscinski.infoHugoen-USWed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kapuscinski.info/en/ksiazki/heban/heban-wspolczesna-afryka/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kapuscinski.info/en/ksiazki/heban/heban-wspolczesna-afryka/<p><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-sun/"><strong>The Shadow of the Sun</strong></a> by Ryszard Kapuściński is the record of several decades of a reporter&rsquo;s experience on the African continent, from the turn of the 1950s and 1960s to the end of the century. It is a book about decolonisation, the birth of new states, coups and civil wars, but also about everyday life: the heat, illness, hospitality, poverty, community and solitude. Today, as interest in Africa grows again, it is worth asking what in the picture the book gives still holds, and what needs supplementing and correcting. The book remains an important testimony, but it is not — and should not be treated as — a complete portrait of Africa today.</p>