Alieu Bundu

Alieu Bundu fell in love with storytelling at a very tender age. It was his maternal grandmother who infused that love in him. When he discovered books later in school, he knew at once that writing was what he was going to do. Alieu Bundu writes and sings from Sierra Leone. His story, Kwerekwere was published by the online magazine Lolwe. Also in December 2021, Nipe Story made his Kwerekwere that was nominated for the 2022 Caine Prize for African Writing into a podcast. He was the runner-up for April 2014 Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition, and he was also shortlisted for the 2016 Writivism Short Story Competition for his story, Bintiya, now titled Miremba. Alieu Bundu’s epistolary novel, The Brilliance of a Million Suns, made the shortlist for the inaugural Iskanchi Book Prize. His independently published novel, Silver Lining, and his novella, Homegoing are available online. And his EP, The Sky and other songs are also available online.