Lenrie peters biography of albert king

Lenrie peters biography of albert einstein Lenrie Peters is considered to be one of the most original of modern African poets, as well as one of the most intellectual. He is a member of the founding generation of African poets writing in English, and is a pioneer of Gambian literature in English. He has written three critically acclaimed collections of poetry and a novel, published in the s and s. His subject matter is wide-ranging but centers on the past, the post-colonial present, and the precarious future of the African continent. Peters is a Pan-Africanist, concerned with the African continent as a whole, rather than with tribal or national affiliations.

Lenrie Peters

Gambian surgeon and writer (–)

Lenrie Leopold Wilfred Peters (1 September – 28 May )[1] was a Gambiansurgeon, novelist, poet and educationist.

Biography

Peters was born on 1 September in Bathurst (now Banjul) in The Gambia.[2] His parents were Lenrie Ernest Ingram Peters and Kezia Rosemary.

Lenrie Sr. was a Sierra Leone Creole of West Indian or black American origin. Kezia Rosemary was a Gambian Creole of Sierra Leonean Creole origin. Lenrie Jr. grew up in Bathurst and moved to Sierra Leone in , where he was educated at the Prince of Wales School, Freetown, gaining his Higher School Certificate in science subjects.

In he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, to read Natural Sciences, graduating with a BSc degree in ; from to he worked and studied at University College Hospital, London, and was awarded a Medical and Surgery diploma from Cambridge.

Peters worked for the BBC from to , on their Africa programmes.

While at Cambridge University he was elected president of the African Students' Union, and interested himself in Pan-Africanist politics.

Lenrie peters biography of albert Lenrie Leopold Wilfred Peters 1 September — 28 May [ 1 ] was a Gambian surgeon , novelist , poet and educationist. Lenrie Sr. Lenrie Jr. In he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge , to read Natural Sciences, graduating with a BSc degree in ; from to he worked and studied at University College Hospital , London , and was awarded a Medical and Surgery diploma from Cambridge. Peters worked for the BBC from to , on their Africa programmes.

He also began writing poetry and plays, as well as starting work on his only novel, The Second Round (published by Heinemann in ). Peters worked in hospitals in Guildford and Northampton before returning to the Gambia, where he had a surgical practice in Banjul. He was a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons in England.

Peters was President of the Historic Commission of Monuments of the Gambia, was president of the board of directors of the National Library of the Gambia and The Gambia College from to , and was a member and President of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) from to

He died in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 May , aged [3]

Published works

Poetry

Lost Friends

Novels

References

Relevant literature

  • Elimimian, Isaac I.

    "Contemporary Africa in Lenrie Peters’poetry." In The Humanities and the Dynamics of African Culture in the 21st Century, edited by John Ayotunde, Isola Bewaji, Kenneth W. Harrow, Eunice E. Omonzejie, and Christopher E. Ukhun, (): Cambridge Scholars Press.