Sierra Leonean Writers Series

After over a decade of peacekeeping mission experiences and observing different cultures and family systems, putting together this collection, was a way to unload my conscience and make, 'A Call'...

In a West African university campus, a battle of wit and love is at the center stage of interaction and academic growth for students in the English Honours class. Propelled by a professor's liberal...

"A Future Imperfect" is the story of unfulfilled ambition. An academically gifted and ambitious young boy from a poor background, rose to become a professor at one of his country's famous academic...

In an attempt to conceal what he considers to be a major crime brought on by a scandalous sexual indiscretion, a highly-placed, highly-respected Sierra Leonean public officer, who has been leading a...

Distinctively and splendidly adventurous, romantic, historical, and funny, ranging from the harrowing slum of Katakoumbay to the comforts of the developed world, this collection of stories...

In "A Survey of Sierra Leonean English", Momodu Turay has assiduously and painstakingly highlighted the relevant features which characterise a variety of the English Language with a stamp of Sierra...

"Ahmed Koroma has surpassed himself in this apt description about the community of his upbringing; the myths, beliefs and mores peculiar to its spawn and denizen, in this exhilarating collection of...

In "Along the Peal of Drums" Ambrose Massaquoi demonstrates why he's been a dominant voice across the landscape of Sierra Leonean poetry since the early 1990s. This is his oeuvre-an inventively...

An African Treasure: In search of Gladys Casely-Hayford 1904-1950Author: Yema Lucilda HunterPublisher: Sierra Leonean Writers SeriesPublication Date: 42653Number of Pages: 226 pagesBinding: Biography...

Love, it is said, is in the eyes of the beholder. When the beholder is a three dimensional poet, his love poems are certain to be of three dimensional focus. "Anatomy of Love" is a collection of...

At the gathering of roads I gather myself within Like skirts of women Crossing a stream This life's but a silent scream Rumbling quick Like holy mutterings That divide the two halves of Juma...

"Ayo Ayo Ayo and other Songs" is deeply personal, authentic, and incisive. Written with poetic fervor and sophistication, it highlights the thematic and stylistic preoccupations of the writer in the...

In this book, the author talks to his readers about the colours, BLACK and WHITE, and about the concept of racism. The objective of the book is to highlight the roles played by our history, our...

Her feet and hands were tied to the bed and the sticks that made up the floor of the bed. Her resistance was not noticeable until her mouth was tightly covered. She kicked and struggled but under the...

"Broken Metaphor" reminds of women who cry beautifully during funerals, communing with the lyrics of their souls the tragic dispositions of the human condition. The poems encapsulate the sad and the...

"CLOUDS OF A GHOULISH WAR" is about the advent of the civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia in the 1990s. The book describes real events that took place in real locations in both countries. The...

This anthology, compiled and edited over a three-year period, is composed of poems written by young people who are all budding poets. The inspirational poems stress the need for change and identify...

The anthology, "Contemporary Fireside Poems", offers a fine mixture of writers, subjects and themes-there are 'old', expert voices as well as 'new', budding voices. It equally blends multiple levels...

The anthology, "Contemporary Fireside Stories", provides a fine mixture of writers-there are 'old', expert, veteran voices as well as 'new', budding voices, and of stories with varied subjects and...

The demonstration of faith comes as we live our lives. What you read in this book will not only elucidate but also open your heart's mind to understand faith as we live our everyday lives. "This book...

Development is not just an economic issue or improvements in GDP and household incomes; it is also about social protection and how power and social differences are organised and managed for the...

"Gbanabom Hallowell's poems are free flowing and he delivers them with flourish, aplomb, and satirical agility. His poems do not lack the classic surrealism, which are pertinent to poems of anguish...

In "Family Affairs" the author returns to the fictitious town of Talia that featured in his previous novel, In Search of Sons. Once again he has dealt with the stresses, strains and even tragedies...

"Fire From Timbuktu: A Dialogue With History" is a short account of Africa-pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial, with much of its contents drawn from the famous ancient city of Timbuktu, and then...

Every weekday, Njabu drives through the evening rush-hour traffic jam to pick up her two girls from the neighbour's house, take them home, and cook for her husband. Each day, Tom looks forward to...

*SANDS OF TIME* // Flash light of vision // Mother left // Water drips from my head // On to my jeans // Deep into my genes // One thing I remember // She always said // Leave your footprint on the...

"Hungry Vultures" reveals the lives of normal human beings in a fast -changing world that is forever ready to accommodate everyone. The story spans three decades in the life of a nation that is torn...

Idols With Tears is a story Kallon often heard repeated (and rumoured to be true) as a child growing up. The love affair between Kumba and Tamba; takes place somewhere between 1910 and 1920. Michael...

This fascinating and riveting narrative takes the reader into the myths, rituals, and mysteries of African culture. It illustrates traditional commemorations from the celebration of life at birth,...

Daphne Pratt presents a medley of Krio folktales, original poems, proverbs and other features of the language, as well as a teaching manual on how to read and write Sierra Leone Krio. From the last...