birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
freetown , sierra leone 1936 yes farid raymond-anthony
 farid raymond-anthony sierra leonean writer
farid raymond-anthony

farid raymond-anthony -lrb- born in 1936 in freetown -rrb- is a sierra leonean writer , author and poet .
he was born in freetown , sierra leone to parents of lebanese descent .
raymond-anthony has written several novels , including `` stories from sierra leone '' -lrb- isbn 0948193905 -rrb- , and `` farewell to the queen . ''
raymond-anthony was called to the english bar by middle temple in 1962 , but he returned to practise at the sierra leone bar .
he became a door tenant in the chambers of sir desmond de silva qc , then at 2 paper buildings in the temple , whom he met in the course of the 1969 treason trial of samuel hinga norman in sierra leone .
as a result of the civil war in sierra leone , he fled to the united kingdom with his english-born wife , joan .
he belated finished his pupillage to practice at the english bar , but instead of remaining at the bar he practised as an immigration consultant , publishing in 1996 a book `` questions and answers on immigration in britain '' .
