Books by Jack Mapanje

Mapanje was imprisoned by Malawi's dictator Hastings Banda for nearly four years, chronicling his prison experiences in his previous books. Now he returns to Africa.

Forty years after his country's independence from the British, Jack Mapanje has returned to his concern for ordinary people in Africa and in the world at large. Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection.

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.