Lenrie Peters

Lenrie Leopold Wilfred Peters ( born September 1, 1932 in Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia, † 28 May, 2009 Dakar, Senegal ) was a Gambian surgeon, novelist and poet.

Life

As the son of Lenrie and Kezia Lenrie Peters Peters went in 1949 to the Prince of Wales School in Freetown (Sierra Leone) where he acquired his "High School Certificate " with scientific orientation. Then he went in 1952 to Trinity College, Cambridge, where in 1956 he earned a Bachelor of Science. From 1956 to 1959 he worked and studied at University College Hospital in London and received in 1959 the medical and surgical degree from Cambridge. In addition, he was from 1955 to 1968 worked for the Africa Programme of the BBC.

During his time at Cambridge, he was elected president of the African Students ' Union and was interested in the Pan-African politics. He wrote some poems and his single, semi- autobiographical novel, The Second Round, which appeared in 1965. These publications brought him to the attention of the literary scene in England and the reputation of being one of the best poets of Africa, a.

Prior to his return to Gambia Peters worked at hospitals in Guildford and Northampton. In the Gambia, then he worked as chief surgeon of the Protectorate Hospital in Bansang ( 1969-1972 ). Later, he left the public service, and then ran his own private practice and led the " Westfield Clinic " in Serekunda.

Lenrie Peters played an important role in the transition from military to civilian rule from 1995 to 1996, when he took over the presidency of the National Consultative Commission in December 1995.

Peters was a member of the West African College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons in England. He later became president of the Gambian Monument Commission ( Commission of Historic Monuments of the Gambia ) and Chairman of the Board of the National Library of Gambia ( National library of the Gambia ), and 1979-1987 of the Gambia College. From 1985 to 1991 he was a member and President of the West African Examination Council ( WAEC ).

In May 2009, Peter died at the age of 76 after a short illness in Dakar.

Works

Poetry

Novels

Awards

  • Royal College of Surgeons, 1967
  • West African College of Surgeons
  • International College of Surgeons, 1992
  • Officer, Order of the Republic of The Gambia ( ORG)
  • News and Report, Man of the Year, 1995
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