Mapanje, Jack

LC control no.	n 80120543
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR9385.9.M36
Personal name heading	Mapanje, Jack *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Malawi
Located	Great Britain
Birth date	1944
Place of birth	Malawi
Affiliation	University of Malawi University College, London Chancellor College University of Leeds Wordsworth Trust University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Profession or occupation	Poets Linguists Human rights workers College teachers
Found in	His Jack Mapanje of Malawi [SR] 1979?: container (Jack Mapanje) narration (b. about 1944; lecturer, U. of Malawi) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mapanje, Jack; poet, linguist, human rights activist; born 1944 in Kadango, Malawi; BA from University of Malawi; PhD in linguistics from University College, London; wrote collection of poetry, Of Chameleons and Gods (1981); was chair of the Department of Languages and Literature, Chancellor College (Malawi); formed the Linguistic Association of Southern African Development Community; was imprisoned without charges or trial for criticism of the repressive government (1987); international organizations protested his imprisonment and he was released (1991); moved to England and published poems describing his detention (1993); lectured on linguistics and Malawi's political situation; visited Malawi after the downfall of the Banda regime (1995); was a visiting professorial fellow at the University of Leeds and writer in residence at Wordsworth Trust; taught at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Great Britain; published poetry (2000s))