In an obituary published in '' Der Spiegel '' , Kapuściński was described by German journalist Claus Christian Malzahn as " one of the most credible journalists the world has ever seen " . Daniel Alarcón , a Peruvian-American novelist , cited Kapuściński as a formative influence together with Dostoyevsky . The American journalist and reportage-writer Richard Bernstein , saw value in the " penetrating intelligence " of Kapuściński 's vision and in his " crystallised descriptive " style of writing . The British journalist Bill Deedes , who had witnessed the Rwandan genocide first-hand , said of Kapuściński that what he " writes about Africa is authoritative as well as captivating . His account of how the Hutus and the Tutsis were drawn into that dark night of genocide in Rwanda is the most enlightening I have read anywhere " and that he had " transformed journalism into literature in his writings about Africa " . Professor Philip Melling of Swansea University has concurred with this opinion , citing Kapuściński as an authority on the Rwandan conflict
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Ryszard Kapuściński