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9781852246655
Because he was a radical poet, Jack Mapanje was imprisoned without trial or charge by the dictator Hastings Banda of Malawi for nearly four years. The themes of his poetry range from the search for a sense of dignity and integrity under a repressive regime, incarceration, release from prison, exile and return to Africa.Jack Mapanje is the author of 'The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New and Selected Poems', published 2004 under ISBN 9781852246655 and ISBN 1852246650.
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