Writing the prison in african literature
Auteur :
Knighton, Rachel
Éditeur :
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN :
9781788746472
Date de publication :
25 févr. 2019
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,0 cm
Poids :
379 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 – who were detained from the 1960s onward due to their political engagement.