List of Sierra Leonean writers

This is a list of Sierra Leonean writers.

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.^[1]
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]

References

[Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
[Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3

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