Marie-Leontine Tsibinda
Encyclopedia
Marie-Léontine Tsibinda Bilombo is Congolese writer. In 1981, she received the National Prize for Poetry. In 1996, the received the Prize Unesco-Aschberg. A native of Girard, she fled the Republic of Congo in 1999 during its civil war, stopping briefly in Niamey
before settling in Canada
in 2002.
Short Stories
Niamey
-Population:While Niamey's population has grown steadily since independence, the droughts of the early 1970s and 1980s, along with the economic crisis of the early 1980s, have propelled an exodus of rural inhabitants to Niger's largest city...
before settling in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 2002.
Most recent publications
- L'Oiseau sans arme [The defenceless bird]. (Illustrated by Michel Hengo). Jouy-Le-Moutier (France) : Bajag-Meri, 1999. [Poetry]
- Moi, Congo ou les rêveurs de la souveraineté. Jouy-Le-Moutier (France) : Bajag-Meri, 2000. (204p.) ISBN 2-911147-07-3 [Anthology].
Other publications
- Poèmes de la terre [Poems of the Earth]. Brazzaville: Editions littéraires congolaises, 1980.
- Mayombé. Paris: Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1980.
- Une Lèvre naissant d'une autre [From one word to the next]. Heidelberg: Editions bantoues, 1984.
- Demain, un autre jour [Tomorrow is another day]. Paris: Silex, 1987.
- L'Oiseau sans arme [The defenceless bird]. (Illustrated by Michel Hengo). Jouy-Le-Moutier (France) : Bajag-Meri, 1999 .
Short Stories
- "Mayangi", Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains [Black people White people] 20 (1981), pp. 148–151.
- "Quand gronde l'orage" ["When the storm rumbles"], (details of publication unknown, 1982).
- "L'irrésistible Dekha Danse" in M.M. Kintende. Un Voyage comme tant d'autres [A Journey like so many others] . Paris: Hatier, 1984.
- "La Princess d'ébène", ["The black princess"]Amina 169 (1 September 1985), pp. 64–64.