Prison in postcolonial literature  

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A number of postcolonial texts have been published based on the author's experiences in prison. Nigerian author Chris Abani’s book of poetry Kalakuta Republic is based on his experiences in prison. Pramoedya Ananta Toer wrote the Buru Quartet while in prison in Indonesia. Kenya author Ngugi wa Thiong'o's prison diary Detained was published in 1981.

Postcolonial novels that might also be considered prison literature are the following. Nigerian author Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed while in prison, wrote Sozaboy about a naïve young soldier who is imprisoned. South African author Alex LaGuma’s In the Fog of the Season's End is about a jailed black dissident. Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain takes place in a prison, as does Nawal El Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero.

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