Yema Lucilda Hunter - Author of: Road to Freedom, Her Name was Aina, Redemption Song, Joy came in the Morning, & Deep Waters

"The stories are actually about human beings anywhere in the world; their ability to unite for the good of an individual or society; their life-giving or life-denying attributes; their innate evil and ruthless individualism; and their loneliness. These stories, told with a mastery of language, humour, sensitivity and panache, establish Hallowell as one of the greatest storytellers of our times"

Elizabeth L.A. Kamara - Department of Language Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.
Author of: To Cross for a Daughter and other poems & Stolen Laughter.

THE AUTHOR

Gbanabom Hallowell is the editor of In the Belly of the Lion: An Anthology of New Sierra Leonean Short Stories, author of ten volumes of poems and a play. His novel, The Road to Kaibara was published by SLWS in 2015. Hallowell holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Social Sciences from The Union Institute & University, Ohio, an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Vermont College, USA, an Executive Education in Global Leadership & Public Policy Harvard University, USA, and a Higher Teachers Certificate from the then Milton Margai Teachers College, Sierra Leone. He has taught at universities in the United States, Sierra Leone and Liberia. A 2006 recipient of the Young Global Leadership Award from the World Economic Forum, Hallowell is a member of the Poro Society Sierra Leone (MPSSL).