The Emperor (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ryszard Kapuściński
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1963-1974
- Setting: Ethiopia
- Principal Characters: Haile Selassie
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Current events, Politics, Revolutions, Developing countries, Truthfulness and falsehood, Government, Biography, Heads of state
Form and Content
In May, 1963, the Polish journalist and essayist Ryszard Kapuściński was an observer at the establishment, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) under the sponsorship of Emperor Haile Selassie. In the intervening years he made other trips to Ethiopia. After the fall of the emperor in 1974, Kapuściński returned to Ethiopia to report on what had happened. There he made contact with former members of the deposed Emperor’s household. With their statements as its base, this book is Kapuściński’s presentation as well as his...
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