List of African Writers By Country - Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

• 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.
• Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), poet also associated with Ghana.
• Syl Cheney-Coker (1945/47– ), poet, journalist and novelist.
• William Conton (1925– ), educator, historian, and novelist also associated with The Gambia.
• R. Sarif Easmon (1913– ), doctor, playwright and novelist.
• Aminatta Forna (1964– ), memoirist and novelist.
• Africanus Horton (1835–1883), Creole African nationalist writer.
• Delia Jarrett-Macauley, academic and novelist.
• Lemuel A. Johnson (1940/41–2002), poet and academic.
• Yulisa Amadu Maddy (1936– ), playwright, novelist, and choreographer.
• Abioseh Nicol (1924–1994), doctor and short story writer.
• Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), poet also associated with The Gambia.