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Yulisa Maddy Amadu

1936-2014

Born: Freetown, 1936

Biography

Yulisa Amadu Maddy was a Sierra Leonean playwright, novelist, critic, and performing artist. He was founder and director of Gbakanda Afrikan Tiata, which won the Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award for “Pulse” in 1979. He has worked for the BBC, Radio Denmark and was a senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland and Morgan State University. He has taught at several other universities in the United States and Africa. He passed away in 2014.

Productions

Gbana Bendu

Gbana Bendu

Year: 1973

Staged in: Keskidee Arts Centre; 1970

Publications

Obasi and Other Plays

Obasi and Other Plays

Year: 1971

Publisher: Heinemann African Series

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