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In Koli Jean Bofane

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in Mbandaka, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

October 24, 1954

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In Koli Jean Bofane is a Congolese writer. Bofane was born in Équateur province in 1954; his mother left his father for a Belgian settler and he grew up mainly on his stepfather's coffee plantation.After independence in 1960, they lost everything and had to leave the country for their safety, travelling to Belgium from where Bofane made constant return trips to the Congo as he grew up. He established himself in Kinshasa where he worked in advertising and founded a publishing company, Les Publications de l'Exocet.

He finally left the country permanently in 1993, settling in Brussels. His first book, a children's story published in 1996, won a major Belgian literary prize and he went to win acclaim with his first novel, Mathematiques Congolais ...more

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	Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament by In Koli Jean Bofane, Marjolijn de Jager (Translator), Dominic Thomas (Foreword) 3.71 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Congolese wiskunde by In Koli Jean Bofane, Eveline van Hemert (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Belle de Casa 3.06 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nation cannibale really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pourquoi le lion n'est plus le roi des animaux 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Et c'était surtout vrai à propos des sculptures de Freddy Tsimba. Parce qu'elles reflétaient la violence de ce monde, spécifiquement celle exercée en République démocratique du Congo, qui semblait cristalliser la voracité d'un système mondial fondé sur l'exploitation extrême des être. Le mal avait déjà été nommé. Il avait même reçu deux substantifs pour mieux le cerner : l'un était "esclavage", l'autre "colonisation".”
― In Koli Jean Bofane, Nation cannibale

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