Blogs in July 2020

Venture To The Interior 6th July 2020

Summoned to Whitehall in 1949, Laurens van der Post was told that in old British Central Africa there were two large tracts of country that London didn’t really know anything about, and could he go in there on foot...

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Of Chameleons and Gods 6th July 2020

A volume of poetry written by a Malawi prisoner of conscience during his ten-year imprisonment.

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Last of the Sweet Bananas: New & Selected Poems 6th July 2020

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...

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The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison 6th July 2020

Formerly Head of English at the University of Malawi, Mapanje was arrested and imprisoned without trial for four years. In these poems of power and unflinching description, he condemns a brutal regime. Today, living in England, he celebrates the...

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Skipping without Ropes 6th July 2020

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. Skipping without Ropes is his third and most varied collection, with poems on his...

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