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A volume of poetry written by a Malawi prisoner of conscience during his ten-year imprisonment.
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Jack Mapange was born of Yao and Nyanja parents in Kadango Village, Mangochi District, in southern Malawi. He went to school at Kadango, Chikwana Mission, and Zomba Catholic Secondary School. He has a B.A. degree and a diploma in Education from the University of London. In 1975 he joined the staff of the Department of English at Chancellor College, University of Malawi, as a lecturer, before working as a research student in linguistics at University College, London in the early 1980s.
'Of Chameleons and Gods' received the Rotterdam International Poetry Award in 1988. Mapanje was arrested soon after this book was banned in Malawi. He was imprisoned in Malawi and detained without Charge or Trial from September 1987 to May 1991. His second volume of Poetry, 'The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison', written while he was detained, was published by Heinemann in 1993.
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'Of Chameleons and Gods' received the Rotterdam International Poetry Award in 1988. Mapanje was arrested soon after this book was banned in Malawi. He was imprisoned in Malawi and detained without Charge or Trial from September 1987 to May 1991. His second volume of Poetry, 'The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison', written while he was detained, was published by Heinemann in 1993.
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- EditoreO/P
- Data di pubblicazione1991
- ISBN 10 0435911945
- ISBN 13 9780435911942
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine96
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OF CHAMELEONS AND GODS - POEMS
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Heinemann International Literature and Textbooks, Oxford
(1991)
ISBN 10: 0435911945
ISBN 13: 9780435911942
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Descrizione libro Original Wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, as Issued. Second Edition. First impression of the second edition, a paperback original published in 1991 by Heinemann International Literature and Textbooks. The book was originally published by William Heinemann in their Heinemann Educational Books series in 1981. With complete number-string sequence including the no. "1" on the printer's page: 91 92 93 94 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ***Near fine in illustrated glossy card wrappers. Corners of wrappers just very slightly rubbed and creased. Spine tight. No inscriptions. Pages clean although the paper is slightly tanned with age. ***198 mm x130 mm. 80 pages including Notes and Glossary and three-pages of publisher's adverts at the rear of the book. ***'The verse in this volume spans some ten turbulent years in which I have been attempting to find a voice (or voices) as a way of hanging on to some sanity. Obviously where voices are too easily muffled, this is a difficult task to set oneself. This explains why the product of these energies sometimes seems to be too cryptic to be decoded.' [Jack Mapanje, 1981] ***'Jack Mapanje, poet and theoretical linguist was imprisoned in Malawi from September 1987 to May 191. He was detained without charge or trial.' [Quotes taken from the back cover] ***A first impression of the second edition of Jack Mapanje's 'Of Chameleons and Gods' in nice collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Codice articolo PB235
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Of chameleons and gods
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ISBN 10: 0435911945
ISBN 13: 9780435911942
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