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Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

an writers. *

John Akar John Joseph Akar (1927–1975) was a Sierra Leonean entertainer, writer, and diplomat. He served as Sierra Leonean ambassador to the United States. Today, he is probably best known for composing the music of Sierra Leone's National Anthem. Early ...

(1927–1975), broadcaster, playwright and diplomat * Gaston Bart-Williams (1938–1990), exiled writer and journalist *

Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah (born 23 November 1980)UNICEF''Youth leadership profiles'', unicef.org; retrieved 15 February 2007. is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, ''A Long Way Gone''. His novel ''Rad ...

(born 1980), child soldier and memoirist *

Edward Wilmot Blyden Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was an Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of Americo-Liberians ...

(1832–1912), pan-Africanist, born in the

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(see also

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 Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

) *

Adelaide Casely-Hayford Adelaide Casely-Hayford (née Smith; 2 June 1868 – 24 January 1960), was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, activist of cultural nationalism, teacher, fiction writer, and feminist. Her commitment to public service led her to improving the condit ...

(1868–1960), short story writer and educator * Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), poet also associated with

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

Syl Cheney-Coker Syl Cheney-Coker (born 28 June 1945)R. Victoria Arana"Cheney-Coker, Syl" in ''Encyclopedia of World Poetry'', Infobase Learning, 2015. is a poet, novelist, and journalist from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Educated in the United States, he has a glob ...

(born 1945/47), poet, journalist and novelist * Robert Wellesley-Cole (1907–1995), surgeon and autobiographical writer * William Conton (1925–2003), educator, historian, and novelist also associated with

The Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...

* R. Sarif Easmon (1913–1997), doctor, playwright and novelist *

Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, '' The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest'' (2002). Since then she has written four novels: '' Ancestor Stones'' (2006), ...

(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. *

Africanus Horton Surgeon-Major James Africanus Beale Horton ( – ) was a British Army officer, surgeon, writer and banker. Born in Gloucester, Sierra Leone into a Creole family who were liberated from enslavement by the Royal Navy, he began attending the SL ...

(1835–1883), Creole African nationalist writer *

Delia Jarrett-Macauley Delia Jarrett-Macauley , also known as Dee Jarrett-Macauley, is a London-based British writer, academic and broadcaster of Sierra Leonean heritage. Her debut novel, ''Moses, Citizen & Me'', won the 2006 Orwell Prize for political writing, the fi ...

(living), academic and novelist"Award for Sierra Leone war novel"
BBC News, 5 April 2006. * Lemuel A. Johnson (1940/41–2002), poet and academic *

Eldred Durosimi Jones Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones (6 January 1925 – 21 March 2020)''Africa Who's Who'', London: Africa Journal for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, p. 537. was a Sierra Leonean academic and literary critic, known for his book ''Othello's Countrymen: A Stud ...

(1925–2020), academic and literary critic * Joseph Ben Kaifala (living), historian, memoirist and human rights activist *

Yulisa Amadu Maddy Yulisa Amadu Pat Maddy (27 December 1936 – 16 March 2014)

(1936–2014), playwright, novelist, and choreographer * Ambrose Massaquoi (born 1964), poet, musician and educationist *

Augustus Merriman-Labor Augustus Boyle Chamberlayne Merriman-Labor, who later took the name Ohlohr Maigi (28 November 1877 – 1919), was a Sierra Leonean barrister, writer and munitions worker. He is best known for his 1909 book ''Britons Through Negro Spectacles'', an i ...

(1877–1919), later took the name Ohlohr Maigi, barrister, writer and munitions worker *

Abioseh Nicol Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol (14 September 1924 – 20 September 1994), also known by his pen name Abioseh Nicol, was a Sierra Leone Creole physician, diplomat, and writer. Nicol contributed significantly to diabetes research from ...

(1924–1994), doctor and short story writer *

Lenrie Peters Lenrie Leopold Wilfred Peters (1 September 1932 – 28 May 2009) was a Gambian surgeon, novelist, poet and educationist. Biography Peters was born on 1 September 1932 in Bathurst (now Banjul) in The Gambia. His parents were Lenrie Ernest Ingram ...

(1932–2009), poet also associated with

* Ekundayo Rowe (born 1937), journalist and short-story writer

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