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Literature of Sierra Leone is the collection of written and spoken work, mostly fictional, from Sierra Leone. The small African country suffered a civil war from 1991 until 2002. Before the civil war, Sierra Leone had many writers contributing to its literature and since the end of the war the country has been in the process of rebuilding this literature. This is an overview of some important aspects of the literature of Sierra Leone before, during, and after the civil war. ==Some notable authors== Eustace Palmer is Sierra Leonean by birth. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, at Randolph Macon Women's College, and he as a Professor of English at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. Currently, he teaches at Georgia College & State University. Palmer is an author and a literary critic. He was President of the African Literature Association (ALA) from 2006 to 2007. He is the recipient of the ALA's Distinguished Member award as well as the Georgia College & State University's Distinguished Professor Award. Palmer has many published books of literary criticism, including ''Studies in the English Novel'', ''An Introduction to the African Novel'', ''The Growth of the African Novel'', ''Of War and Women Oppression and Optimism: New Essays on the African Novel'' and ''Knowledge is More Than Mere Words: A Critical Introduction to Sierra Leonean Literature''. Palmer is also a novelist, the author of the novels ''A Hanging is Announced'', ''Canfira's Travels'', ''A Tale of Three Women'' and ''A Pillar of the Community''.〔("Dr. Eustace Palmer" ), Sierra Leonean Writers Series.〕 Karamoh Kabba is another well known author in Sierra Leone. He founded Sierra Youth Lending Hand as a means to help youth rehabilitate after the war, and he is the organization's President and Chief Executive Officer. Kabba has published three books: ''A Mother's Saga: An Account of the Rebel War in Sierra Leone'', ''Lion Mountain: A Perilous Evolution of the Dens'' and ''Morquee: A Political Drama of Wish over Wisdom''. As well as these titles, Kabba has published the poem "Poverty amidst Gold and Diamonds" and has written many other poems on Sierra Leone Web, a site dedicated to publishing poems.〔(Worldpress )〕 Adelaide Casely Hayford was a writer, a feminist, and a cultural nationalist long before the civil war in Sierra Leone. She started a school for girls in Freetown called the Girls Vocational School, which was devoted to helping prepare girls for their lives as women. Adelaide Casely Hayford was a prominent public speaker and made many addresses in her lifetime. In addition to her vocal spread of ideas, she wrote a number of short stories including "Savages?"; "Mista Courifer"; "Kobina, A Little African Boy"; "Two West African Simpletons"; and "A Black and White Encounter, A Tale of Long Ago".〔Okonkwo, Rina. "Adelaide Casely Hayford Cultural Nationalist and Feminist", ''Phylon'' 42.1 (1981) : 41-51.〕 For her work, she is well remembered. Gladys Casely Hayford was the daughter of Adelaide Casely Hayford and was considered a more prominent writer than her mother. Gladys was not only a writer but was also a musician, a dramatist and a poet. Her most notable poems include "Creation" published in 1926, "Nativity" published in 1927, and "The Serving Girl" later published in 1941. In her lifetime, Gladys taught at the school that her mother founded in Sierra Leone.〔("Gladys Hayford was Hrlem writing influence" ), African American Registry.〕 Syl Cheney-Coker, born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, was a journalist, an editor and a publisher as well as writing poetry and novels. He was the winner of the 1991 Commonwealth Writers Prize, Africa Region. His poem "Ghetto Woman" is highly discussed for its reflection of the Negritude movement. Cheney-Coker has published three collections of poetry entitled ''Concerto for an Exile'' published in 1973; ''The Graveyard Also Has Teeth with Concerto for an Exile'' published in 1980; and ''The Blood in the Desert's Eyes'' published in 1990. In addition to his poetry, Cheney-Coker has one published novel entitled ''The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar'' (1990).〔"Cheney-Coker, Syl", ''Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century.'' 1999.〕 Winston Forde was also born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He was trained as a flight cadet at the Royal Air Force College and began a career as a pilot. During his years of work and after his retirement he was an avid writer. Most of his writing is fiction that he based on real life experiences in an attempt to address some of the taboos of Sierra Leonean culture. Forde's published titles include ''Air Force Cadet'', ''The Runaway'', ''Airborne Soldiers'', ''Reflections on our Independence'' and ''Aden to Bliss''. In addition to writing stories, he wrote at least one play and, inspired by his schooling in geography, he also wrote ''The Story of Mining in Sierra Leone''.〔("Sqn Ldr. Winston Forde" ), Sierra Leonean Writers Series.〕 Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell is an established Sierra Leonean poet who has recently branched into storytelling. Aside from his writing, Hallowell is the Founder and Executive Director of the project Save Heritage and Rehabilitate the Environment. He is also the Director-General of The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation. His works of poetry include ''A Little After Dawn''; ''Drumbeats of War''; ''My Immigrant Blood''; and ''Manscape in the Sierra: New and Collected Poems 1991-2011''. Hallowell's venires into storytelling include the publishing of ''Tears of the Sweet Peninsula: May 25, 1997''; ''The Sierra Leone Civil Conflict''; and ''The Lust of Cain''.〔("Gbanabom Hallowell" ), Sierra Leonean Writers Series.〕〔(World Economic Forum )〕 Lucilda Hunter was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. She was trained and worked as a librarian for most of her life. After her retirement, she was named a Fellow of the British Library Association, which has since been renamed The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Throughout her life, she wrote under the name Yema Lucilda Hunter. Her novels include ''Road to Freedom'', ''Bittersweet'', ''Redemption Song'' and ''Joy Came in the Morning''. Hunter also published an autobiography entitled ''An African Treasure: In Search of Gladys Casely-Hayford''.〔("Lucilda Hunter" ), Sierra Leonean Writers Series.〕 Shiekh Umarr Kamarah is both a poet and a linguist. He has worked as a lecturer at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and was a Professor at Virginia State University. He is a Consultant on Language Analysis for the Federal Department of Immigration in Switzerland and is an External Examiner in Linguistics at the University of Sierra Leone. Kamarah is also a member of the Linguistic Society of America, the Association of Forensic Linguistics, the International Language and Law Association and of the African Literature Association. Furthermore, he serves on the editorial board for the Sierra Leonean Writers Series and on the editorial board of the ''Africana Bulletin'', Journal of the University of Sierra Leone. Kamarah's poetry is collected in two volumes; the first entitled ''The Child of War'' was published in 2000 and the second, ''Singing in Exile'', was published in 2002.〔("Prof. Sheikh Umarr Kamarah" ), Sierra Leonean Writers Series.〕 Siaka Kroma is a Sierra Leonean who has taught in many places both in Sierra Leone and in the United States of America. He is best known for his works ''Gomna's Children'', ''A Corner of Time'', ''Manners Maketh Man'' and ''Climbing Lilies''. He is in the progress of publishing ''Tales from the Fireside: Oral Narratives Retold for Young Readers''.〔("Dr. Siaka Kroma" ), Sierra Leonean Writers Series.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Literature of Sierra Leone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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