List of Democratic Republic of the Congo writers

This is a list of Democratic Republic of the Congo writers.

• Léonie Abo (1945– ), autobiographical writer
• J'ongungu Lokolé Bolamba (1913–1990), poet^[Gikandi]
• Raïs Neza Boneza (1979– ), poet and peace researcher^[1]
• Amba Bongo, writer and advocate for refugees
• Lima-Baleka Bosekilolo, poet
• Maguy Kabamba (1960– ), writer and translator
• Christine Kalonji, French-language fiction writer^[2]
• Kama Sywor Kamanda (1952– ), writer and poet^{[Killam & Rowe]}
• Charles Djungu-Simba Kamatenda (1953– ), journalist, teacher, publisher, and writer^[Gikandi]
• Paul Lomami-Tshibamba (1914–1985), novelist, born in Congo-Brazzaville^[Gikandi]
• Ngal Mbwil a Mpaang (1933– ), novelist^[Gikandi]
• Buabua wa Kayembe Mubadiate (1950– ), playwright^[Gikandi]
• V. Y. Mudimbe (1941– ), philosopher, academic and author^[Gikandi]
• Fiston Mwanza Mujila (1981–), novelist ^[Métailié]
• Patrick Mukabala (1978), actor, filmmaker and scriptwriter^[3]
• Kavidi Wivine N'Landu, poet
• Clémentine Nzuji (1944– ), poet^[Gikandi]
• Sony Labou Tansi (1947–1995), novelist and poet^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie, novelist, playwright and poet
• Lye M. Yoka, playwright and short story writer^{[4] [Gikandi]}
• Batukezanga Zamenka (1933–2000), novelist and essayist^[Gikandi]

References

1. Matt Meyer, Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo, Seeds of New Hope: Pan-African Peace Studies for the 21st Century, 2009, p. 325.
2. Silvia Riva, Nouvelle histoire de la littérature du Congo-Kinshasa, Harmattan, 2006, p. 204.
3. https://www.facebook.com/patrick.chinga.3
4. Lye Yoka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Time of the Writer Festial 2004

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1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
2. [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
3. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3