[1] Wilfred "Freddy Will" Kanu Jr. is an author and hip hop recording artist, a naturalized American, and a diplomat in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium.
He also underwent training in Phlebotomy at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Advanced Paramedic Care at Trillium College in Burlington Ontario, Canada.
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.
[10] Syl Cheney-Coker, born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, was a journalist, an editor and a publisher as well as writing poetry and novels.
Forde's published titles include Air Force Cadet, The Runaway, Airborne Soldiers, Reflections on our Independence and Aden to Bliss.
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.
[13][14] Ambrose Massaquoi's poetry has been published extensively in Sierra Leonean anthologies and international journals, including Kalashnikov in the Sun, Songs that Pour the Heart, Leoneanthology, The Iowa Review and 100 Words.
In 1994, he became the third Sierra Leonean after Syl Cheney-Coker and Yulisa Amadu Madi to participate in Iowa University's prestigious International Writing Program.
Apart from poetry, Massaquoi has published stories and was at a time involved in the Sierra Leonean music scene as a multi-instrumentalist, lead singer, and founder/leader of a gospel band.
He has also performed in local adaptations of stage plays like Julius Caesar and Volpone on the platform of his secondary school and university drama groups.
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.
He is best known for his works Gomna's Children, A Corner of Time, Manners Maketh Man, Climbing Lilies and Tales from the Fireside: Oral Narratives Retold for Young Readers.
His book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier tells a story that many children in Sierra Leone faced during the war.
[20] Another important piece of literature that relates to the civil war is Black Man's Grave: Letters from Sierra Leone.
It is similar to other works written about civil war in Africa; however, the personal letters provide a more moving emotional experience for the reader.
He has published a number of textbooks, including A New History of Sierra Leone and A Concise Guide to Writing College and Research Papers.
[24] Aisha Fofana Ibrahim is a feminist scholar, who is the Director of the Institute for Gender Research and Documentation at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone.
The plots range from developing social ties, to staying out of trouble, and even to the problems faced by children who have been orphaned in the war.
[29] This collection contains the titles Tibujang Must Not Come by Mohamed Sheriff; Amidu's Day Off by Foday M. B. Sawi; City Girl by Jacqueline Leigh; Gbargbartee and Tumbu by Sam C. K. Jarlwood; Yamah and the Tumbeke Project by Nathaniel A. Pearce; Sia and the Magic Basket by Theresa Amui; Our Bird by Rainny Richard Ansumana; and A Hunting Trip by Ahmed Din-Gabisi.