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The chattering wagtails of Mikuyu Prison

Title: The chattering wagtails of Mikuyu Prison
Institution: University of Ghana
Collection Title: African Poetry
Creator(s): Mapanje, Jack.
Collector(s): Accra City Campus Library
Description/Scope and Content: In poems of uncommon power and unflinching description Mapanje condemns a brutal regime. Yet in these poems Mapanje also affirms the enduring love of family and friends and the spirit of his fellow detainees.
Date: 1993
Location: Accra City campus library reserve collection
Language: English
Extent: 99 p. ; 20 cm
Collection Type: special collection
Level of Processing: Fully Processed
Type of Materials/Format: paper-manuscripts
Provenance: London, Oxford
Copyright: Copyright
Link: https://library.ug.edu.gh/search~S1/t?Chattering+wagtails+of+Mikuyu+Prison.
Usage: Heavy (Frequent exhibit or research/educational use)