Vitabu Interviews | Yema Lucilda Hunter
Yema Lucilda Hunter is Sierra Leone’s first female novelist. Her novels include Road to Freedom, Bittersweet and Redemption Song. She was invited to write an article on the Sierra Leonean-Ghanaian literary figure, Gladys Casely-Hayford, for the Dictionary of African Biography (Oxford University Press) after publishing her biography An African Treasure, in Search of Gladys Casely-Hayford, 1904-1950.
Vitabu: When did you discover books?
Yema Lucilda Hunter: I learned to love reading soon after I learned to read because I lived with my maternal grandmother who took me to the British Council library where there was a children's section. In those days there were no books for children written by African authors. In fact, the only stories about Africa that I remember reading as a child were in a series called Jungle Doctor,. They were written by an English doctor and set in East Africa.
Vitabu: Tell us about some of your favorite books written by African authors.
Yema Lucilda Hunter: I m…
Vitabu: When did you discover books?
Yema Lucilda Hunter: I learned to love reading soon after I learned to read because I lived with my maternal grandmother who took me to the British Council library where there was a children's section. In those days there were no books for children written by African authors. In fact, the only stories about Africa that I remember reading as a child were in a series called Jungle Doctor,. They were written by an English doctor and set in East Africa.
Vitabu: Tell us about some of your favorite books written by African authors.
Yema Lucilda Hunter: I m…
