Marie-Leontine Tsibinda Explained

Marie-Léontine Tsibinda Bilombo is a Republic of Congo writer. In 1981, she received the National Prize for Poetry. In 1996, the received the Prize Unesco-Aschberg. A native of Girard, she fled the Republic of Congo in 1999 during its civil war (1997–1999), stopping briefly in Niamey before settling in Canada in 2002.^[1]

Publications

Tsibinda's works include:^[2]

Anthology

• Book: Marie-Léontine . Tsibinda . Sylvain . Bemba . Moi, Congo ou les rêveurs de la souveraineté. . Jouy-Le-Moutier (France) . Bajag-Meri . 2000 . 2-911147-07-3 . 44649382 . French. 204 pages. Anthology.

Poetry

• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . Poèmes de la terre . Poems of the Earth . Editions congolaises . 1980 . 17050393 . Brazzaville . French. 16 pages.
• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . Mayombe . Collection La Poésie la vie . 1980 . Editions Saint-Germain-des-Pres . Paris . 10080439 . French. 59 pages.
• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . Une Lèvre naissant d'une autre: poèmes . From one word to the next, poems . Brazzaville, R.P. du Congo . P. Kivouvou, Editions Bantoues . 1984 . Collection lettres congolaises, 1 . 9783888270161 . 12635241 . French. 55 pages.
• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . Demain un autre jour . Tomorrow is another day . 1987 . Silex . Paris . 9782876930209 . 19070445 . French. 46 pages.
• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . L'Oiseau sans arme . The defenceless bird. . Illustrated by Michel Hengo . Jouy-Le-Moutier (France) . Bajag-Meri . 1999 . 9782911147067 . 468159906 . French. 53 pages. Poetry.

Short Stories

• "Mayangi", Peuples Noirs/Peuples Africains 20 (1981), pp. 148–151.
• "Quand gronde l'orage" ["When the storm rumbles"]. Publication details unknown, 1982.
• La Princess d'ébène . The black princess . . 169 . 1 September 1985 . 64–64 . French. .
• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . L'irrésistible Dekha Danse . Un voyage comme tant d'autres. et onze autres nouvelles . A Journey like so many others . Maliza Mwina . Kintende . CEDA . Hatier, Abidjan, Paris . 1987 . Monde noir poche, 29 . 9782218071263 . 468432349 . French. 156 pages.
• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . Les hirondelles de mer : et autres nouvelles . 2009 . Acoria . Paris . 9782355720192 . 320799994 . French. 191 pages.

Theater

• Book: Tsibinda, Marie-Léontine . La porcelaine de Chine : théatre . 2013 . L'Interligne . Ottawa, Ontario . Collection Fugues/Paroles . 9782896993741 . 1464303584 . French. 120 pages.

External links

• Web site: Interview : Marie-Léontine Tsibinda Bilombo rêve d’un Congo de paix et d’unité . Interview: Marie-Léontine Tsibinda Bilombo dreams of a Congo of peace and unity . 10 November 2024 . 5 September 2022 . lasemaineafricaine.info . French . . Aubin . Banzouzi.
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20051219143841/http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/aflit/IneditTsibinda3.html . 2005-12-19 . Dans la série Textes Inedits. Wet Pagnes. A short story by Marie-Léontine Tsibinda 1997 . 10 November 2024 . Marie-Léontine . Tsibinda . Kathleen . McGovern . 24 May 2005 . arts.uwa.edu.au . University of Western Australia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marie-Léontine Tsibinda . aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au . Discipline of European Languages and Studies, French, University of Western Australia . Crawley, Western Australia . 10 November 2024.
2. Web site: Find items in libraries near you . 2024 . OCLC, Inc. . 10 November 2024 . search.worldcat.org. Search for Marie-Léontine Tsibinda.