Pɔyt
1941–2002
Born to Sierra Leonean parents in Nigeria, he went to the Sierra Leone Grammar School and became a professor at the University of Michigan. His Sierra Leone Trilogy is three books of poems; the second, Hand on the Navel, remembers the Royal West African Frontier Force in the two world wars.
Usay wi fɛn am ↗In buk dɛn
Wi nɔ de sɛl dɛn: wi jɔs de sho yu usay fɔ bɔrɔ ɔ bay dɛn.
Highlife for Caliban
Lemuel A. Johnson
1973
Ardis; reissued 1995 by Africa World Press in the Sierra Leone Trilogy
Hand on the Navel
Lemuel A. Johnson
1978
Ardis; reissued 1995 by Africa World Press in the Sierra Leone Trilogy
Carnival of the Old Coast
Lemuel A. Johnson
1995
Africa World Press, Sierra Leone Trilogy
Yu na Lemuel A. Johnson, ɔ in famili?
Wi go lɛk print wan pɔym ɔ wan pis frɔm yu buk ya, ɔ rikɔd yu de rid am lawd, wit link to di buk so pipul go bay am. Natin nɔ go ɔp te yu gri na rayt: wan imel fɔ se yɛs du.
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