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John James
Kalakuta Republic
memoir
military regime
Nigeria
Nigerian history
oppression
personal reflection
poetry
political activism
political persecution
political prisoners
power
prison
prison life
resilience
resistance
spirit
struggle
suffering
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Product details
- ISBN 9780863563225
- Weight: 175g
- Dimensions: 136 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2000
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This powerful collection of poems details the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and other political prisoners at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980s. Abani vividly describes the characters that peopled this dark world, from prison inmates such as John James, tortured to death at the age of fourteen, to the general overseers. First published after his release from jail in 1991, Kalakuta Republic remains a paean to those who suffered and to the indomitable human spirit.
Chris Abani is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Publications include The Virgin of Flames (Penguin, 2007), Song For Night (Telegram, 2008) and Graceland (FSG/Picador 2005). He is a professor at the University of California and the recipient of many prizes, including the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the PEN Hemingway Prize.
