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The Snow in Ghana
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘We always carry it to foreign countries, all over the world, our pride and our powerlessness.’ Translated from the Polish by William Brand.
Christmas Eve in Uganda
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘In fact, from the moment I spotted Amin, I made a point of neither accelerating nor slowing down – no turning or stopping.’
Startled In The Dark
Ryszard Kapuscinski
‘Morning and dusk are by far the best times of day in Africa. The sun is scorching, but these times allow you to live.'
Outline For A Book
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘I have come home from Africa, jumping from a tropical roasting-pit and dropping into a snow-bank.’
Stiff
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘On the flatbed lies a coffin. Atop the black box is a garland of haggard angels.’
The Lazy River
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘One cannot compare the tropical forest with any European forest or with any equatorial jungle.’
A Tour of Angola
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘You have to learn how to live with the check-points and to respect their customs, if you want to travel without hindrance and reach your destination alive.’
Imperium
Ryszard Kapuściński
Ryszard Kapuściński, once the only foreign correspondent for the Polish Press Agency, on the concept of borders.
Warsaw Diary (Part Two: 1983)
Ryszard Kapuściński
‘History as class struggle? As a struggle of systems? Agreed: but history is equally the struggle between culture and the mob, between humanity and bestiality.’
