More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brig…

Ryszard Kapuscinski
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More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun. ✨ Ryszard Kapuscinski (2016). The Beginning: Collision, Ghana, 1958, p.6, Vintage
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