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He was imprisoned without charge in 1987 for a collection of poems that criticised Hastings Banda only by implication — which was enough.
Born in March 1944, Jack Mapanje headed the English department at Chancellor College, the main campus of the University of Malawi.
He was imprisoned in 1987 over his collection Of Chameleons and Gods, which criticised President Hastings Banda's government indirectly. He was a founder of the Malawi Writers Group in 1970.
He was imprisoned in 1987 over his collection Of Chameleons and Gods, which criticised President Hastings Banda's government indirectly. He was a founder of the Malawi Writers Group in 1970.
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