Ryszard Kapuściński Essays

  • Being An Outsider Analysis

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    Ryszard Kapuscinski portrays this idea with the talk of culture in his lecture “Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century”. One main idea in the lecture is the concept of new cultures known as “the others” and how different people react to them. Kapuscinski even goes as far as to say that there is no superiority among cultures, “ For him, a different person, of a different

  • Shah's Abuse Of Power

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    Power is defined as the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power can be manifested in a variety of different ways, and can easily be abused. In Ryszard Kapuscinski’s book Shah of Shahs the topic of power and modernization has a key element within the context of the book itself. The author tells a story of how the last Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, attempted to change Iran in a western fashion, but failed to do so due to his unpopular

  • Another Day Of Life: The Angolan Civil War

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    and fierce than it was at the beginning; however, During the 1970’s the colony was in such upheaval that almost no one knew what was going or what to do about it. It was during this period of confusion and chaos that the Portuguese journalist Ryszard Kapuściński writes his short memoir Another Day of Life. Two resistance parties formed in Angola in opposition to Portuguese imperialism: the MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation

  • International Soccer's Influence on Diplomatic, Social, and Political Relations

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    "Goldblatt, David. The Ball Is Round." New York: Penguin Group, 2008. Print. Murray, Bill. "The World's Game: A HISTORY OF SOCCER." Urbana, Illinois: n.p., 1998. Print. Kapuscinski, Ryszard. “Soccer War 1969.” N.p., 1969. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. http://libcom.org/library/soccer-war-1969-el-salvador-honduras-kapuscinski Walvin, James. The Only Game: Football in Our Times. Great Britain: Pearson Educated, 2002. Print.

  • Haile Selassie King of Kings, Conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah

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    The Lion of Judah: A life of Haile Selassie: Emperor of Ethiopia . Ariel Books, New York. 1966. Harrison, Michael. Selassie Home Page, Roots and Culture. August 10,1997. http://wwwjah.com Kaleidescope. Haile Selassie Biography. 1998. Kapuscinski, Ryszard. The Downfall of an Autocrat. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (NewYork,NY). 1978. Lefort, Rene. Ethiopia: An Heretical Revolution?. Zed Press. (Totowa, NJ). 1983. Scott, William R. Sons of Sheba's Race. Indiana University Press (Indianapolis