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1965–2022
A journalist in Freetown who witnessed and wrote about the ten-year war, which shaped most of his poetry. He later lectured at Fourah Bay College, led the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation as Director General and founded the Sierra Leone Writers Forum. He published more than twenty books.
Usay wi fɛn am ↗In buk dɛn
Wi nɔ de sɛl dɛn: wi jɔs de sho yu usay fɔ bɔrɔ ɔ bay dɛn.
The Lonely Traveller
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
Sierra Leonean Writers Series
Hills of Temper
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
Drumbeats of War
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
2004
My Immigrant Blood
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
A Little After Dawn
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
Manscape in the Sierra: New and Collected Poems 1991–2011
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
Sierra Leonean Writers Series
Deathmask: Collected Poems
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
2020
Ɔda pɔym dɛn
Wi de kip di wɔd dɛn te wi gɛt pamishɔn fɔ print dɛn, ɔ te wi fɛn di ɔl pɔym.
The Dining Table
Manscape in the Sierra; set for the West African school certificate (WAEC) Literature exam
When the Clouds Become Too Thick
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗Defining Revolution in My Country
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗We No Longer Write Poems in Camera
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗Of Windows and Shadows
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗Rejuvenate me
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗Curse God and Die
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗Elegy
Sierra Leone Web (sierra-leone.org)
Rid am usay dɛn print am ↗Yu na Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell, 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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