Writing the prison in African literature /

This book examines a selection of prison memoirs by five renowned African writers: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ruth First, Wole Soyinka, Nawal El Saadawi and Jack Mapanje. Detained across the continent from the 1960s onward due to their writing and political engagement, each writer's memoir forms a...

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Main Author:	Knighton, Rachel, 1989- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang Ltd, 2019.
Series:	Race and resistance across borders in the long twentieth century ; 5.
Subjects:	Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, > 1938- > Criticism and interpretation. Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, > 1938- First, Ruth, > 1925-1982 > Criticism and interpretation. Mapanje, Jack > Criticism and interpretation. Saʻdāwī, Nawāl > Criticism and interpretation. Soyinka, Wole > Criticism and interpretation. First, Ruth, > 1925-1982. Mapanje, Jack. Saʻdāwī, Nawāl. Soyinka, Wole. 1900-1999 African literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism. Biography as a literary form. Political prisoners > Africa > Intellectual life. Prisoners in literature. Prisoners' writings, African (English) > History and criticism. Prisons in literature. African literature (English) Prisoners' writings, African (English) Africa. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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