Roland Tombekai Dempster (1910–1965)
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/ref> was a Liberian writer and literary figure. He was born in Tosoh (on the banks of Lake Piso
Lake Piso, also known as Lake PisuWalters, ''Guanya Pau'', p. 79. and Fisherman's Lake,Cole, ''The Liberian Yearbook'', p. 192.Nelson, ''Liberia, a Country Study'', p. 47. is an oblongStreissguth, ''Liberia in Pictures'', p. 10. tide, tidal lago ...
), Grand Cape Mount County
Grand Cape Mount is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that constitute the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has five districts. Robertsport serves as the capital ...
in the Republic of Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
. He wrote ''The Mystic Reformation of Gondolia'' in 1953. On January 4, 1960, he wrote ''A Song Out of Midnight: Souvenir of the Tubman-Tolbert Inauguration''. He also wrote the poem "Africa's Plea".Afro-Asian Poetry.
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Published works
*1953 - ''The Mystic Reformation of Gondolia: Being a Satirical Treatise on Moral Philosophy''.
*1960 - ''A Song Out of Midnight: Souvenir of the Tubman-Tolbert Inauguration''.
References
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1910 births
1965 deaths
Liberian writers
People from Grand Cape Mount County
20th-century Liberian writers