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name: Ambrose Massaquoi
about: Ambrose Massaquoi was born in the diamond-rich Tongo Fields of eastern Sierra Leone in 1964 and is a Fellow of Writing of the University of Iowa, where he participated in the International Writing Program in 1994. His poems have appeared in Sierra Leonean and international publications including "The Iowa Review," "100 Word," "Songs that Pour the Heart," "Kalashnikov in the Sun," and "Leoneathology." His collection of poems was published in 2016 by the Sierra Leone Writers Series. Massaquoi presently lives in Lagos, Nigeria Ambrose Massaquoi was born in the diamond-rich Tongo Fields of eastern Sierra Leone in 1964 and is a Fellow of Writing of the University of Iowa, where he participated in the International Writing Program in 1994. His poems have appeared in Sierra Leonean and international publications including "The Iowa Review," "100 Word," "Songs that Pour the Heart," "Kalashnikov in the Sun," and "Leoneathology." His collection of poems was published in 2016 by the Sierra Leone Writers Series. Massaquoi presently lives in Lagos, Nigeria ...more