Africa is a Country

Jack Mapanje, the venerable poet of Malawian nationality (and ceaseless promoter of an ‘African mode of storytelling’) has just been nominated for Britain’s Forward Prize for his collection Beasts of Nalunga. That resulted in a The Guardian‘s Book Section interview with the poet (once imprisoned for ‘three years, seven months, 16 days and 12 hours’ [...]

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