Jack Mapanje

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Jack Mapanje (born 1944 in Kadango) is a Malawian writer and poet. Mapanje, the former head of English at the University of Malawi, is currently a senior lecturer in English at Newcastle University.

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[edit] Education

Mapanja earned his PhD from the University of London.

[edit] Works

  • Of Chameleons and Gods, 1981
  • The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison, 1993
  • The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New and Selected Poems, 2004
  • The Beasts of Nalunga, 2007

[edit] Awards

[edit] Sources

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