Yulisa Amadu Maddy

Yulisa Amadu Maddy, known as Pat Maddy, was born on 27 December 1936 in Freetown, to Creole parents, and studied there until the age of twenty-two. Leaving in 1958 for France and then Britain, he trained in drama at Rose Bruford College, wrote for British and Danish radio and directed the theatre at the Keskidee Centre in London. Returning in 1968, he took charge of drama at Radio Sierra Leone, founded a company in Freetown, trained Zambia's national dance troupe, and was then imprisoned over a play against corruption and forced into exile. He died in Freetown on 16 March 2014.

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• NovelNo Past, No Present, No FutureYulisa Amadu Maddy · 1973Literature