Poet
A Sierra Leonean poet living in Jacksonville, Florida. His poems, often about Sierra Leone's history and culture, have appeared in Pambazuka and the Florida Times-Union.
Source ↗Other poems
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Bunce Island
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Read it where it's published ↗Democracy
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Read it where it's published ↗Violence in Silence
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Read it where it's published ↗Enough is Enough
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Read it where it's published ↗Africana Drum Beat
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Read it where it's published ↗Call Me a Dreamer
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Read it where it's published ↗The Gift of Life
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Read it where it's published ↗Batmot
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Read it where it's published ↗Bloodline
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Read it where it's published ↗My Sacred Ballot
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Read it where it's published ↗Ancestral Palm Tree
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Read it where it's published ↗Twilight
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Read it where it's published ↗Africa My Dear Africa
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Read it where it's published ↗Nelson Mandela
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Read it where it's published ↗Lasting Peace
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Read it where it's published ↗Blood Diamonds
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Read it where it's published ↗Genius's Hand
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Read it where it's published ↗Are you Roland Bankole Marke, or family?
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