Of Chameleons and Gods
by Jack Mapanje
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A volume of poetry written by a Malawi prisoner of conscience during his ten-year imprisonment.Tags
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Winner of the Rotterdam International Poetry Prize and the PEN Freedom-to-Write award, Mapanje was jailed by Malawian authorities without trial from September 1987 to August 11, 1991---a situation that called international attention to this many-sided genius. A poet, folklorist, editor, and teacher, Mapanje is the founder and editor of Odi: A show more Journal of Malawi Literature and Kalulu: Journal of Oral Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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