I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.
From Ryszard Kapuscinski
I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.
In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.
Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world.
The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.
This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.
Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.
Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.
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