Guy Menga
   HOME
*





Guy Menga
Guy Menga (born Gaston Guy Bikoutamenga in 1935) is a novelist, playwright, and journalist from the Republic of the Congo. He directed the African section of Radio France Internationale in 1990 and later became a minister in the government of André Milongo from June 1991 to January 1992. Awards In 1969 he received the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire for his novel ''La Palabre stérile''. Notes and references Further reading * Victor Béry, ''L'enracinement culturel dans l'œuvre de Guy Menga : essai de re-contextualisation'', Publibook, Paris, 2006, 289 p. (revised thesis) * Jean-Paul Ntsoulamba, ''Oralité et écriture romanesque : étude comparative axée sur trois romans congolais : 1° "La Légende de M'Pfoumou Ma Mazono", by Jean Malonga; 2° "La Palabre stérile", by Guy Menga; 3° "Le Pleurer-rire", by Henri Lopès Henri Lopes (born 12 September 1937)''International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004'', Europa Publications, p. 339.< ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo river. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to its northwest by Cameroon and its northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to its south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda Province, Cabinda and to its southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo was formerly part of the French colonial empire, French colony of French Equatorial Africa, Equatorial Africa. The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale, usually referred to as RFI, is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of France. With 37.2 million listeners in 2014, it is one of the most-listened-to international radio stations in the world, along with Deutsche Welle, the BBC World Service, the Voice of America, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, and China Radio International. RFI broadcasts 24 hours per day around the world in French and in 12 other languages in FM, shortwave, medium wave, satellite and on its website. It is a channel of the state company France Médias Monde. The majority of shortwave transmissions are in French and Hausa but also includes some hours of Swahili, Portuguese, Mandinka, and Russian. RFI broadcasts to over 150 countries on 5 continents. Africa is the largest part of radio listeners, representing 60% of the total audience in 2010. In the Paris region, RFI comprises between 150,000 and 200,000 listeners. In 2007, the audience was of 46.1 million listeners, bre ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


André Milongo
André Ntsatouabantou Milongo (20 October 1935
, lechoc.info .
– 23 July 2007) was a Congolese politician who served as from June 1991 to August 1992. He was chosen by the 1991 National Conference to lead the country during its transition to multiparty elections, which were held in 1992. He was also the founder and President of the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Mwi ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Grand Prix Littéraire D'Afrique Noire
The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text from Sub-Saharan Africa. It was originally endowed with 2,000 french francs. Winners * 1961: Aké Loba ( Côte d'Ivoire) for '' Kocumbo, l'étudiant noir'' * 1962: Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal) for ''L'Aventure ambiguë'' * 1963: Jean Ikelle Matiba (Cameroon) for '' Cette Afrique-là'' * 1964: Birago Diop (Senegal) for '' Contes et Lavanes'' * 1965: Bernard Dadié (Côte d'Ivoire) for '' Patron de New-York'' * 1965: Seydou Badian Kouyaté (Mali) for '' Les Dirigeants africains face à leurs peuples'' * 1966: Olympe Bhely-Quenum (Benin) for '' Le chant du lac'' * 1967: Francis Bebey (Cameroon) for '' Le fils d'Agatha Moudio'' * 1967: Francois Evembe (Cameroon) for '' Sur la terre en passant'' * 1967: Jean Pliya (Benin) for '' Kondo ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Jean Malonga
Jean Malonga (February 25, 1907 in Kibouende, French Congo – 1985) is credited as one of the earliest of the modern Republic of Congo writers. Prior to Malonga, Congolese literature in Brazzaville consisted of scattered pre-World War II French language works. He began his career as a writer in the Kongo language magazine ''Liaison''. He was also a Congolese politician who served in the French Senate The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 34 ... from 1948 to 1955. Works *'' Coeur d'Aryenne (Heart of Aryenne)'' (1954) References 1907 births 1985 deaths Republic of the Congo writers People from Brazzaville Republic of the Congo politicians French senators of the Fourth Republic Senators of French Equatorial Africa {{RCongo-politician-stub ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Henri Lopès
Henri Lopes (born 12 September 1937)''International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004'', Europa Publications, p. 339.
presse-francophone.org .
is a Congolese writer, diplomat, and political figure. He was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 1973 to 1975, and became the Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to in 1998.


Political and diplomatic career

Lopes was born across the

picture info

Republic Of The Congo Novelists
A republic () is a " state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a " government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, the term was used to imply a state with a democratic or representative constitution (constitutional republic), but more recently it has also been used of autocratic or dictatorial states not ruled by a monarch. It is now chiefly used to denote any non-monarchical state headed by an elected or appointed president. , 159 of the world's 206 sovereign states use the word "republic" as part of their official names. Not all of these are republics in the sense of having elected governments, nor is the word "republic" used in the names of all states with elected governments. The word ''republic'' comes from the Latin term ''res publica'', which literally means "public thing", "public matter", or "public affair" and was used to r ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  



MORE