Books By Lenrie Peters - Author

Lenrie Peters was a doctor, poet, and novelist born in Bathurst (now Banjul) in The Gambia in 1932, moving to Sierra Leone in 1949.

He read natural sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge and continued his studies at University College Hospital, London. Chairing their Africa Forum, he worked with the BBC on their Africa programmes until 1969 before returning to The Gambia to set up his own surgical practice. He served as president of the board of directors of the National Library of The Gambia and The Gambia College from 1979 to 1987 as well as President of the West African Examination Council until 1991.

Poems was his first collection of poetry, published in 1964. It was followed by Satellites (1967), Katchikali (1971) and Selected Poetry in 1981. His debut novel, The Second Round was released in 1965.

Peters died in 2009 in Dakar, Senegal.