Biblioteki Polonii Amerykańskiej
Biblioteka Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Ameryce
Library of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America		 Biblioteka imienia Alfreda Jurzykowskiego Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Ameryce
The Alfred Jurzykowski Memorial Library of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America		 Biblioteka Marjanczyków Polskiej Fundacji Kulturalnej
The Marjanczyk Library of the Polish Cultural Foundation
Biblioteka Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej
Library of the Kosciuszko Foundation

Heban / Ryszard Kapuscinski.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Warszawa : Czytelnik, 2001.Edition: Wyd. 4Description: 340 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 8307028191
Subject(s): Summary: In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski hitchhikes with caravans, wanders the Sahara with nomads, and lives in the poverty-stricken slums of Nigeria. He wrestles a king cobra to the death and suffers through a bout of malaria.
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Books Books The Marjanczyk Library of the Polish Cultural Foundation DT12.25 H433 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan Copy is a gift from Newark Public Library ML15993496

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski hitchhikes with caravans, wanders the Sahara with nomads, and lives in the poverty-stricken slums of Nigeria. He wrestles a king cobra to the death and suffers through a bout of malaria.

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