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This chapter examines a selection of prison poetry by Malawian poets imprisoned during Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s presidency, as well as prison poems by Malawians who witnessed Banda’s dictatorship. The range of poetic techniques employed by the poets include metaphors, satires, and symbols, as well as the images of oppression and victimhood. Collectively, the poets utilize national memory, versifying historical events that explore the zeitgeist. The poets examined explore creation myth, religion, allegory, and spirituality to denounce oppression. Poets/writers in this chapter include Jack Mapanje, Frank Chipasula, Lupenga Mphande, Edison Mpina, Sam Mpasu, and others.

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Tragic Vision and Historical Realism in Jack Mapanje’s Gathering Seaweed: African Prison Writing, and Other Works

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    2026年

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  • Dike Okoro

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This chapter examines a selection of prison poetry by Malawian poets imprisoned during Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s presidency, as well as prison poems by Malawians who witnessed Banda’s dictatorship. The range of poetic techniques employed by the poets include metaphors, satires, and symbols, as well as the images of oppression and victimhood. Collectively, the poets utilize national memory, versifying historical events that explore the zeitgeist. The poets examined explore creation myth, religion, allegory, and spirituality to denounce oppression. Poets/writers in this chapter include Jack Mapanje, Frank Chipasula, Lupenga Mphande, Edison Mpina, Sam Mpasu, and others.