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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.

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A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -…
How do cultures differ from one another? Above all, in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are…
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The…
First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that…
When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so…
Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes…
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all…
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not…
More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.
He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because…
Although a system may cease to exist in the legal sense or as a structure of power, its values (or anti-values), its…

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