List of Sierra Leonean writers explained
This is a list of Sierra Leonean writers.
- John Akar (1927–1975), broadcaster, playwright and diplomat
- Gaston Bart-Williams (1938–1990), exiled writer and journalist
- Ishmael Beah (born 1980), child soldier and memoirist
- Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), pan-Africanist, born in the Virgin Islands (see also Liberia)
- Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator
- Robert Wellesley-Cole (1907–1995), surgeon and autobiographical writer
- William Conton (1925–2003), educator, historian, and novelist also associated with The Gambia R. Sarif Easmon (1913–1997), doctor, playwright and novelist
- Aminatta Forna (born 1964), memoirist and novelist
- Namina Forna (born 1987), novelist and screen writer
- Wilfred Freddy Will Kanu Jr. (born 1977) author, poet, lyricist, hip-hop emcee and blogger. [1]
- Africanus Horton (1835–1883), Creole African nationalist writer
- Delia Jarrett-Macauley (living), academic and novelist[2]
- Lemuel A. Johnson (1940/41–2002), poet and academic
- Eldred Durosimi Jones (1925–2020), academic and literary critic
- Joseph Ben Kaifala (living), historian, memoirist and human rights activist
- Yulisa Amadu Maddy (1936–2014), playwright, novelist, and choreographer
- Ambrose Massaquoi (born 1964), poet, musician and educationist
- Augustus Merriman-Labor (1877–1919), later took the name Ohlohr Maigi, barrister, writer and munitions worker[3]
- Abioseh Nicol (1924–1994), doctor and short story writer
- Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), poet also associated with The Gambia
- Ekundayo Rowe (born 1937), journalist and short-story writer
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: INTERVIEW WITH FREDDY WILL: AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR & ARTIST . 30 January 2017. 22 October 2017. irepsalone.com/. iRep Salone. Kamara. Sally.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4879400.stm "Award for Sierra Leone war novel"
- Book: Danell Jones. An African in Imperial London: The Indomitable Life of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor. 2018. Hurst. 978-1-78738-076-9.
