Dialogue between two writers from the Congo, from Kinshasa to Brazzaville

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Gabriel Okoundji and Ange Kasongo Adihe at the Kinshasa 2020 Book Festival. RFI / Jérémie Besset

By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

On the occasion of the 7th Kinshasa Book Festival, special program with a transversal dialogue on both sides of the Congo river between the Kinshasa writer Ange Kasongo Adihe and the poet Gabriel Okoundji from Congo-Brazzaville, winner of the literary prize for black Africa .

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Ange Kasongo Adihe , journalist at the AFP office in Kinshasa, is the author of a collection of chronicles entitled Au hollow des mots and a first novel Les femmes de Pakadjuma published by Éditions du Net.

Originally from Congo-Brazzaville, clinical psychologist living in France, the writer Gabriel Oukoundji , awarded the literary price of black Africa, is the author of a major poetic work, including Like a thirst for being man, still or Do not lose anything, do not forget anything , published by Fédérop editions.

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Poster of the 7th Kinshasa Book Festival © Institut Français de Kinshasa

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