Gbanabom hallowell biography of donald
The poem, The Dining Table, is a narrative poem in which the poet explains the human ordeal of his people during the war..
Gbanabom Hallowell was a Sierra Leonean writer, journalist and professor. Born Elvis Jacob Hallowell in 1965, he got his first degree from the Milton Margai Teachers College (now Milton Margai College of Education), where he studied English.
He later went on to Vermont College of The Union Institute & University in the USA, where he got his MFA in Writing. He published Drumbeats of War; A Little After Dawn; My Immigrant Blood; and Manscape in the Sierra: New and Collected Poems 1991-2011, among other poetry collections.
Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell born in taught English at Annie Walsh Memorial School in Freetown before entering the library and information profession full time.
He also published many plays and novels, including A Case of Four Pillows and The Road to Kaibara. Professor Hallowell also briefly served as Sierra Leone’s Direct General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation.
He was truly one of Sierra Leone’s literary heroes and served as a mentor to many writers and journalists.
His death was announced on September 20th and we are thankful to these writers who shared their tributes to him with us.
Philip Foday Yam