WHISPERS FROM THE LION MOUNTAIN

About the Book

This beautifully written book of mostly solemn Poetry succintly captures the true ordeal of an African country in the midst of war, violence, demise, corruption, poverty and hope. Smith creates a relation between these varying themes that abounded in his Motherland Sierra Leone between the period 1991 - 2002. He ponders the future of the country he grew up seeing been torn apart by civil war through his sleek and subtle yet easy to understand Poetry. Between the lines though, this young Poet's voice re-echoes a certain optimism that "THE LION MOUNTAIN" (Sierra Leone's moniker) will bounce back refreshed and take its rightful place in the world.

About the Author

I hold a BA Honors degree from the University of Sierra Leone and has written Poetry since the age of Eight. With my long years of exposure to the genre and having read and meditated on works done by Shakespeare, Soyinka, Peters, Arnold, Armattoe, Angelou, Cheney-Coker and many more both past and present; I believe I'm more than ready to make a mark as the afore-mentioned kindred spirits did and continue to do. With my strong mind and astute creative prowess, I have wowed my readers many times over and continue to do so in my hitherto unpublished state. This is my first foray into the world of publishing and I do feel I deserve it because its finally time my evocatively aesthetic pieces saw the light of day. Poetry for me holds supreme sway as an unrivaled avenue for registering my thoughts; especially those with a strong irregular buzzing pattern. Poetry for me, is a release from the doldrums of oppressive or hyper-pleasuring sensations and as such the comfort that springs from it is a mighty chain-shattering welcome. I'm in my mid twenties and live in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa where I work as a Radio broadcaster. I have a daughter, Mary, aged 5. I lived through the brutal decade-old conflict in my country; a situation which informs most of my poetry.