Vincent de Paul Nyonda

Vincent de Paul Nyonda was born in 1918 in Gabon. Minister of Public Works in the country's first government, in 1957, he remained a minister under the presidency of Léon Mba. After Mba's death, he refused to join the government of Omar Bongo, who had him arrested and then exiled him to a village in the interior. There he wrote and staged plays performed by the villagers, gave up politics, and returned to Libreville to devote himself to the theatre. He died in January 1995. A literary prize bears his name.

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• TheatreLa Mort de GuykafiVincent de Paul Nyonda · 1981not translated into EnglishLiterature