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  • TaleNotes on the Folklore of the FjortNotes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo)Richard Edward Dennett · 1898The tales of the Vili of the Atlantic coast, noted down by an English trader at the end of the nineteenth century.Literature
  • NovelCœur d'AryenneJean Malonga · 1953not translated into EnglishA love between a young Black man and a young white woman in a colonial post in the Middle Congo.Literature
  • PoetryPremier chant du départMartial Sinda · 1955not translated into EnglishPoems of revolt written under the colony by a student from the Middle Congo, between the memory of his mother and the call for a free Africa.Literature
  • PoetryThe BellyLe VentreTchicaya U Tam'si · 1964Poems of mourning born of the Congolese tragedy of 1960, written by a poet who had lived through it on the other bank of the river.Literature
  • TheatreLa Marmite de Koka-MbalaGuy Menga · 1969not translated into EnglishAn allegory of the conflict of generations, in a kingdom where the law forbids the young to raise their eyes.Literature
  • TheatreL'Europe inculpéeAntoine Létembet-Ambily · 1969not translated into EnglishA trial of colonial Europe, conducted on stage by a Congolese playwright.Literature
  • PoetryL'Envers du soleilJean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard · 1970not translated into EnglishThe third collection by a poet from Pointe-Noire, turned towards the outcasts of his country.Literature
  • CinemaThe Ransom of an AllianceLa Rançon d'une allianceSébastien Kamba · 1974A war between two peoples of precolonial Congo, set off by an adultery, shot in the languages of the country.Cinema
  • NovelRêves portatifsSylvain Bemba · 1979not translated into EnglishA novel about the dreams and dramas that imported cinema gave rise to in a capital city of Central Africa.Literature
  • CinemaLa ChapelleJean-Michel Tchissoukou · 1979A comedy shot at the end of the seventies, which sets in the thirties the clash between an evangelizing mission and a village that holds to its own gods.Cinema
  • NovelLife and a HalfLa Vie et demieSony Labou Tansi · 1979A teacher from Brazzaville invents an imaginary country where bloodthirsty dictators succeed one another endlessly.Literature
  • PoetryPoèmes de la terreMarie-Léontine Tsibinda · 1980not translated into EnglishA slim booklet of poems, the first book by an author from Kouilou, published in Brazzaville.Literature
  • NovelThe Laughing CryLe Pleurer-RireHenri Lopes · 1982A black farce about dictatorship, told by the servant of an African head of state.Literature
  • Short storiesL'Exil ou la tombeTchichelle Tchivela · 1986not translated into EnglishShort stories on the arbitrariness of power, published in Paris by a serving Congolese military doctor.Literature
  • NovelThe Fire of OriginsLe Feu des originesEmmanuel Dongala · 1987One man's life, from the bush to the city, which sums up the history of the Congo since the colonial conquest.Literature
  • TheatreEquatoriumMaxime N'Débéka · 1987not translated into EnglishA satirical Congolese fable about a president ready to do anything to keep power, between tragedy and farce.Literature
  • TheatreLa Fable du cloître des cimetièresCaya Makhélé · 1991not translated into EnglishA farcical descent into hell, written by a Congolese playwright based in France.Literature
  • CinemaMatangaDavid-Pierre Fila · 1994A fiction film about AIDS shot in Congo, which takes the funeral wake as its setting and rumour as its material.Cinema
  • NovelBlue White RedBleu-Blanc-RougeAlain Mabanckou · 1998The Parisian dream of a young man from Pointe-Noire, from the festival of returns to the world of the undocumented.Literature