Tchicaya U Tam'si

Gérald-Félix Tchicaya, known as Tchicaya U Tam'si, was born on 25 August 1931 in Mpili, in the Kouilou, the son of a schoolteacher who became the first Black deputy from Middle Congo in the French National Assembly. He came to France early to study, and in 1957 took the pseudonym that means in Vili the one who speaks for his country. In 1960 he edited for six months, in Léopoldville, the newspaper of Lumumba's Mouvement national congolais, then pursued a career at UNESCO until 1986. He died on 22 April 1988 in Bazancourt, in the Oise.

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