Yema Lucilda Hunter was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where she received her early education. She later studied in Britain and qualified as a librarian. She is the author of two ...view moreYema Lucilda Hunter was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where she received her early education. She later studied in Britain and qualified as a librarian. She is the author of two previously published novels: Road to Freedom and Bittersweet, and of a biography: An African Treasure - in Search of Gladys Casely-Hayford. She is married with two grown-up children and six grandchildren. She currently lives with her husband in Accra, Ghana.view less