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The arrest of Jack Mapanje
It is 25 years since the poet was imprisoned without trial in Malawi.
He was held for over 3 and a half years in one of Hastings Banda's jails.
Photo: Dr Jack Mapanje on his return to Malawi from exile in 1995.
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