Aminatta Forna
Sierra Leonean-British novelist whose The Memory of Love explores the trauma of Sierra Leone's civil war with lyrical restraint. Her work moves between Africa and Europe with unusual political and psychological insight. She is one of the most important voices in contemporary African-British literature.
Works
- The Memory of LovePsychiatrist treats traumatized patients in post-conflict Sierra Leone in parallel narratives
- The Hired ManEnglish woman returns to Balkan village to renovate a house and confront her past
- Ancestor Stones
- Happiness
- The Window Seat
- The Devil That Danced on the WaterMemoir of author's father's political imprisonment and execution in Guinea