Because he was a radical poet, Jack Mapanje was imprisoned without trial or charge by the dictator Hastings Banda of Malawi for nearly four years. Skipping without Ropes is his third and most varied collection, with poems on his incarceration and release from prison, his exile and return to Africa, reconciliation with torturers, the role of the African writer, and the continuing liberation struggle in other countries. While often deadly serious, Mapanje’s poems are given a skip and a lift by the generosity of spirit and irrepressible humour which helped sustain
him through his prison ordeal.
- ISBN13 9781852244125
- Publish Date 27 August 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 January 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 80
- Language English