Mr Kapuscinski tells it as it felt, rather than as it was, describing sometimes, it seems, distastefully relishing whatever is bizarre, humiliating, disgusting, exotic.In his foreword he observes: "In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist".
Earlier this year, the EU agreed to protect Georgia's geographical appellations in a bid to reduce counterfeit wine.
But the illustrious appellation could someday live in infamy.
And at the home of Nick Courtney, behind a laurel hedge and three big leave posters, Meriden's most-committed Ukip activist had his bottle of French champagne (appellation d'origine contrôlée, geographical status protected under EU law) all ready for the evening to come.
Might geographical indicators, like the appellation contrôlée system in French wine, have been a better option?
It fears that talks on the EU-US free-trade agreement may call into question the protected geographical indication system (which replaced the Appellation Contrôlée), a key component in promoting its wines.
In fact, the historical area of production, formerly Prosecco CDO area, gained the CGDO qualification, the more prestigious appellation among all Italian Geographical Indications (GI).
These days, the Cornish pasty industry is worth £300m annually, and is jealously guarded by a PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) — similar to the French AOC system (appellation d'origine contrôlée).
This appellation combined a loose term for the geographical region, "Thames Valley", with the Reading team's nickname, "the Royals".
Under the government's geographical classification system, our own wine — Château Pécachard — carries the appellation of Bergerac.
Melton Mowbray pork pies have protected geographical indication status, which acts just like a trademark or appellation d'origine contrôlée and stops manufacturers from outside a region copying a regional product.
