Mapanje, Jack
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Name (Latin)
Mapanje, Jack
Date of birth
1944-03-25
Associated country
Malawi
Occupation
College teachers
Human rights workers
Linguists
Poets
Gender
male
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His Jack Mapanje of Malawi [SR] 1979?:
Wikipedia description:
Jack Mapanje (born 25 March 1944) is a Malawian writer and poet. He was the head of English at the Chancellor College, the main campus of the University of Malawi before being imprisoned in 1987 for his collection Of Chameleons and Gods, which indirectly criticized the administration of President Hastings Banda. He was released in 1991 and emigrated to the UK, where he worked as a teacher.
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