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Liberian Literary Magazine

Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture

VAMBA SHERIF
Editor – Short stories

MOMOH DUDUU
Editor- Reviews

OPHELIA LEWIS
Editor- Anthology

He was born in northern
Liberia and spent parts of his
youth in Kuwait, where he
completed his secondary
school. He speaks many
languages, including Arabic,
French, English and Dutch,
and some African languages
like Mande, Bandi, Mende en
Lomah. After the first Gulf
War, Vamba settled in the
Netherlands and read Law.
He’s
written
many
novels. His first novel, The
Land Of The Fathers, is about
the founding of Liberia with
the return of the freed slaves
from
America
in
the
th
19 century. This novel was
published to critical acclaim
and commercial success. His
second, The
Kingdom
of
Sebah, is about the life of an
immigrant family in the
Netherlands, told from the
perspective of the son, who’s
a
writer.
His
third
novel, Bound to Secrecy, has
been published in The
Netherlands,
England,
France, Germany, and Spain.
His fourth The Witness is
about a white man who meets
a black woman with a past
rooted in the Liberian civil
war. Besides his love of
writing and his collection of
rare books on Africa, he’s
developed a passion for films,
which he reviews. He divides
his
time
between
The
Netherlands and Liberia.
You can see more of his work
on his website

Is an educator and author. For
the last decade, he has been
an instructor at various
Colleges and Universities in
the Minneapolis metro area in
the state of Minnesota,
U.S.A. At present, he is the
Chair of the Department of
Business and Accounting at
the Brooklyn Center Campus
of the Minnesota School of
Business at Globe University.
His works include the
memoir
‘Harrowing
December: Recounting a
Journey of Sorrows and
Triumphs’ and ‘Musings of a
Patriot: A Collection of Essays
on Liberia’ a compilation of
his
commentaries
about
governance in his native
country.
At the moment, he is at
work on his maiden novel
tentatively titled ‘Forgotten
Legacy.’

The founder of Village Tales
Publishing and self-published
author of more than ten
books, Lewis is determined to
make Village Tales Publishing
a recognized name in the
literary industry. She has
written two novels, three
children’s books, a book of
poetry, a book of essay and
two collections of short
stories, with the latest being
Montserrado Stories.
As
publisher-project
manager, she guards other
authors in getting their work
from manuscript to print,
using
the
self-publishing
platform. Self-publishing can
be complicated, a process
that unfolds over a few
months or even years. Using a
project
management
approach gives a better
understanding of the format
process and steps needed it
take to get an aspiring
writer’s book published.

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