| The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New & Selected Poems Contributor(s): Mapanje, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852246650 ISBN-13: 9781852246655 Publisher: Bloodaxe Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2004 Annotation: Because he was a radical poet-his first book of poems was banned-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, and reconciliation with torturers, to the writer in Africa and the continuing African liberation struggle in a hostile world. His poems are lifted up by a generosity of spirit and irrepressible humor that helped sustain him through his prison ordeal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | African |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2005363182 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.46" W x 8.4" (0.81 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
