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Jack Mapanje was born on 25 March, 1944 in Kadango Village, Mangochi District, Malawi, is an A 20th-century male writer. Discover Jack Mapanje's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation professor, author
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 25 March 1944
Birthday 25 March
Birthplace Kadango Village, Mangochi District, Malawi
Nationality Malawi

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The child of Nyanja and Yao parents, John Alfred Clement ("Jack") Mapanje was born in Kadango Village, Mangochi District, Malawi.

1980

He received his BA in education from the University of London and worked for a time as a lecturer in Malawi before returning to the UK to study linguistics at University College, London in the early 1980s.

He subsequently became head of the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Malawi.

1981

The notion is described in his 1981 book, Of Chameleons and Gods.

1987

During the rule of President Hastings Banda, Mapanje was jailed without charge in 1987, apparently for publishing his poem collection Of Chameleons and Gods.

The collection obliquely criticized Banda's government, and the "chameleon" of the title refers to the disguise of personal voice Mapanje deemed necessary in order to mount a criticism of the politics at the time.

The book received no official ban, but was "withdrawn from circulation".

Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience and campaigned for his release.

Its protests included a reading of selections from Of Chameleons and Gods outside the Malawian High Commission in London by UK Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.

1990

Mapanje was also awarded the 1990 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award during his imprisonment, which carried a US$3,000 cash award.

PEN's president, US novelist Larry McMurtry, stated that "the point [of the award] is to generate enough heat so Mapanje gets out of jail".

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and UK playwright Ronald Harwood also campaigned for his release.

1991

Mapanje was held for three-and-a-half years before being released in 1991.

After his release, he was told he needed to reapply for his previous professorship at the University of Malawi.

After a lengthy delay in his application, he instead emigrated to the UK.

He wrote a memoir about the experience, And Crocodiles Are Hungry At Night, which was also adapted into a play.

After arriving in the UK, Mapanje was awarded a fellowship at The University of York.

He later became a visiting professor at Leeds University.

He also taught creative writing in prisons.

1994

In 1994, he returned to Malawi with BBC2 to make a documentary.

He is credited for applying the term "chameleon politics" to describe a political environment where politicians switch parties and forge alliances without transparency or notice in rapidly changing political environments where party switching, floor crossing, and coalition formations are rampant.