Lenrie Peters

Lenrie Peters was a Gambian surgeon, novelist, and poet whose writing helped establish modern Gambian literature. His novel *The Second Round* (1965) follows a Western-trained African doctor returning home, while his poetry collections include *Satellites* (1967) and *Katchikali* (1971). Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Peters also worked for the BBC and later practised surgery in The Gambia.