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A powerful contribution to the genre of the prison memoir in Africa. Jack Mapanje presents the moving account of a poet's imprisonment by the state, his struggle to probe the hidden motives for this arrest and his attempt to provide an unforgettable record of the architecture of imprisonment and the perpetual struggle between the forces of truth and those of naked power. In 1987, Mapanje was arrested by the Malawian secret police and imprisoned without charge until 1991. The memoir represents Mapanje's retrospective attempt to explain the cause and terms of his imprisonment.
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A gripping memoir set in the later years of Malawi's Banda era.
8 Nov 2011
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I started reading this yesterday on the plane and have done little else since. Just about finished now.
This is one of the best books I've picked up this year, and far & away the best account of the Banda era that I have ever read. Jack Mapanje communicates the distrust and paranoia that permeated Malawian society without hitting you over the head with his point. His writing is expertly paced. Even as he describes in agonizing detail the drudgery of prison life, the book remains compelling reading.
I've read prison memoirs before (Fearless Fighter: The Life of Vera Chirwa is also worth a read), but none has ever felt so real to me. This book brought me to tears more than once.
This is one of the best books I've picked up this year, and far & away the best account of the Banda era that I have ever read. Jack Mapanje communicates the distrust and paranoia that permeated Malawian society without hitting you over the head with his point. His writing is expertly paced. Even as he describes in agonizing detail the drudgery of prison life, the book remains compelling reading.
I've read prison memoirs before (Fearless Fighter: The Life of Vera Chirwa is also worth a read), but none has ever felt so real to me. This book brought me to tears more than once.
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