The Last Of The Sweet Bananas: New & Selected Poems

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.

• | By (Author): Jack Mapanje
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• | Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 27, 2004
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1852246650
• | ISBN-13: 9781852246655