Writing the Prison in African Literature

by Rachel Knighton and Knighton

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788746473
• ISBN13: 9781788746472
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"