Bakar Mansaray

BAKAR MANSARAY is a Canadian author of Sierra Leonean descent. He was the recipient of Writer-of-the-Year 2017, Afro-Canadian Heroes Award. Mansaray is the author of books of short stories, an autobiography, a book of historical non-fictin, and a novel. His debut book, A Suitcase Full of Dried Fish and Other Stories was translated into Kiswahili. He is the founder of the Mandingo Scrolls series and he holds an MBA degree from Athabasca University. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.