Sierra Leone Writers

Background:


Formal Name: The Republic of Sierra Leone 

Local Name: Sierra Leone 

Local Formal Name: Republic of Sierra Leone 

Commonwealth | United Nations | African Union 

Status: UN Country 

Capital City: Freetown 

Main Cities: Bo, Makeni, Kenema 
Population: 4,616,000 
Area: 71,740 km2 
Currency: 1 leone 100 cents 
Languages: English, tribal languages 
Religions: Animist, Muslim 


Authors include:

• Ishmael Beah (1980– ), child soldier and memoirist.
• Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), born in the Virgin Islands (see also Liberia)
• Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), poet also associated with Ghana.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Syl Cheney-Coker (1945/47– ), poet, journalist and novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• William Conton (1925– ), educator, historian, and novelist also associated with The Gambia.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• R. Sarif Easmon (1913– ), doctor, playwright and novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Aminatta Forna (1964– ), memoirist and novelist.
• Africanus Horton (1835–1883), Creole African nationalist writer.
• Delia Jarrett-Macauley, academic and novelist.^[114]
• Lemuel A. Johnson (1940/41–2002), poet and academic.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Yulisa Amadu Maddy (1936– ), playwright, novelist, and choreographer.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Abioseh Nicol (1924–1994), doctor and short story writer.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), poet also associated with The Gambia.^[Gikandi]