More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun. Ryszard Kapuscinski More Quotes by Ryszard Kapuscinski More Quotes From Ryszard Kapuscinski Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. Ryszard Kapuscinski support easter west Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians. Ryszard Kapuscinski eyebrows community italian In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. Ryszard Kapuscinski russia government past I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing. Ryszard Kapuscinski elements writing trying I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another. Ryszard Kapuscinski different talking two Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the very same time and then deliberately kept them together in his waiting room. Ryszard Kapuscinski room waiting together time Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived. Ryszard Kapuscinski africa hard news flying I'll tell you what colonial experience is. Ryszard Kapuscinski colonial tell you experience People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War. Ryszard Kapuscinski cold-war cold war people Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world. Ryszard Kapuscinski high people world knowledge
