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Republic of the Congo

Author · Republic of the Congo

Sylvain Bemba

Died in 1995

Sylvain Ntari-Bemba was born on 17 February 1934 in Sibiti, in the Congo. A journalist, he signed his first writings under the pseudonym Martial Malinda and became one of the leading playwrights of his country, before also writing four novels. He was minister of Information and director of cultural affairs, and published a history of fifty years of music in the Congo and Zaire. He died in Paris on 8 July 1995.

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