# Books from Sierra Leone

Cotton Tree: Freetown's founding tree, mourned by the nation when it fell in 2023. Writers include Ishmael Beah, Mariatu Kamara and Aminatta Forna. Set in or written from Sierra Leone. First published 2007 to 2010.

## Books

- [A Long Way Gone](https://africantales.net/books/a-long-way-gone), Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leone, 2007
- [The Bite of The Mango](https://africantales.net/books/the-bite-of-the-mango), Mariatu Kamara, Sierra Leone, 2008
- [The Memory of Love](https://africantales.net/books/the-memory-of-love), Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010

## See also

- [West African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa)

Source: https://africantales.net/countries/SLE