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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 by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

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. Ear ...

(1927–1975), broadcaster, playwright and diplomat *

Gaston Bart-Williams Gaston Bart-Williams (1938-1990) was a Sierra Leonean journalist, film director, novelist, poet, diplomat and activist. He lived and worked mainly in Germany. Life Gaston Bart-Williams was born in Freetown on 3 March 1938 to Sierra Leone Creole p ...

(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 ''Radi ...

(born 1980), child soldier and memoirist *

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

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

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(see also Liberia) *

Adelaide Casely-Hayford Adelaide Casely-Hayford, MBE (née Smith; 2 June 1868 – 24 January 1960), was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, an activist of cultural nationalism, a teacher and fiction writer and a feminist. Committed to public service, she worked to improv ...

(1868–1960), short story writer and educator *

Gladys Casely-Hayford Gladys May Casely-Hayford ''alias'' Aquah Laluah (11 May 1904 – October 1950) was a Gold Coast-born Sierra Leonean writer. She is credited as the first author to write in the Krio language. Early life and career Gladys was born into the Casel ...

(1904–1950), poet also associated with

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

* Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945/47), poet, journalist and novelist *

Robert Wellesley-Cole Robert Benjamin Ageh Wellesley Cole (7 March 1907 – 31 October 1995), was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor who was the first West African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Background and early life Robert Benj ...

(1907–1995), surgeon and autobiographical writer * William Conton (1925–2003), educator, historian, and novelist also associated with

The Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

* 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. *

Africanus Horton Africanus Horton (1835–1883), also known as James Beale, was a Krio African nationalist writer and an esteemed medical surgeon in the British Army from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Africanus Horton was a surgeon, scientist, soldier, and a politic ...

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

Abioseh Nicol Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol or pen named Abioseh Nicol (14 September 1924 – 20 September 1994) was a Sierra Leone Creole academic, diplomat, physician, writer and poet. He was able to secure degrees in the arts, science and c ...

(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 in 1931 in Bathurst (now Banjul) in The Gambia. His parents were Lenrie Ernest Ingram Peters and Kez ...

(1932–2009), poet also associated with

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

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Sierra Leonean Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

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