Tributes have been paid to the distinguished Malawian poet, linguist and academic Jack Mapanje, whose death in the United Kingdom marks the passing of one of the country’s most influential literary voices. Mapanje, who was born on 25 March 1944, forged an international reputation through poetry that was at once rich in metaphor and quietly […]
Theatre lovers in Lilongwe come Saturday 8:00 pm are expected to converge at Madsoc Theatre as Mbona Arts, a theatrical group, premiers its play titled The Trial of Jack Mapanje, a play that brings alight reflections to Malawians onoppressive rule. Duncan Chirwa from Mbona Arts said this is a political satire set in a notorious Malawian Prison, […]
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Malawi theatrical chameleons, Nanzikambe Arts, will start their performances of an adaptation of Professor Jack Mapanje’s detention memoir And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night in London, UK from Tuesday July 31. The play will be staged at the African Centre – Post Code 38 King Street, London, Greater London WC2E 8JT – from Wednesday from […]
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One of Malawi’s firebrand politicians, Brown James Mpinganjira, on Saturday evening shed tears as watched Nanzikambe Arts Theatre launching ‘And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night’, a 2012 thriller that rekindles Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda tyrannical rule. The play, an adoption of Dr Jack Mapanje Memoirs and directed by Kate Stafford, set into life the struggle and […]
Jack Mapanje’s memoir ‘And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night’, for some ordinary folks, could be any notes, any narration about ones experience within the walls of Maula prison and his struggle to probe the hidden motives behind his arrest. But a pick on one or two scenes of its theatrical display as adopted by Nanzikambe […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter Malawi’s acclaimed poet, linguist and human rights activist, Dr. Jack Mapanje has advised Malawians to be vigilant to resist and fight dictatorship in the country. Speaking on BBC’s Network Africa, Mapanje noted that Malawi was passing through a critical phase of its history, and said Malawians should be resolute to check […]