Bienvenu Sene Mongaba

Bienvenu Sene Mongaba (28 January 1967 – 31 January 2022) was a Congolese writer.[1] Heavily active in languages of the Congo, he published numerous works in Lingala.

Bienvenu Sene Mongaba
Born(1967-01-28)28 January 1967
Léopoldville, Congo
Died31 January 2022(2022-01-31) (aged 55)
Belgium
NationalityCongolese
EducationUniversity of Kinshasa
Université libre de Bruxelles
OccupationWriter

Biography

Mongaba was born in Léopoldville on 28 January 1967. He earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Kinshasa in 1994 and subsequently a degree in the same subject from the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1998.[2] He worked as a biotechnology researcher until 2003, when he earned an agrégation in natural sciences from the Université catholique de Louvain. He was a secondary school teacher within the French Community of Belgium from 2006 to 2007 before devoting himself to Lingala within the publisher Mabiki. In 2013, he defended a doctoral thesis in linguistics at Ghent University titled "Le lingala dans l'enseignement des sciences dans les écoles de Kinshasa".

Mongaba's works primarily centered around teaching in African languages as well as lexicography and terminology in Lingala,[3] the language in which he worked and published. He was able to promote literature in Lingala with Mabiki, a publishing house of which he was the founder.[4] He was a member of the association "the Kind of Friends" in Kinshasa.

He died in Belgium on 31 January 2022, at the age of 55.[5]

Publications

Novels
  • En cavale dans le gouffre vert (2003)

Stories

Novels in Lingala
  • Fwa-Ku-Mputu (2002)[8]
  • Bamama ya Congo na France (2004)
  • Bokobandela : lisolo (2005)[9]

Other publications in Lingala
  • 100 verbes pour parler lingala (2006)
  • Ebamba, Kinshasa-Makambo : lisolo (2014)

References
  1. "PAGE-NOIRE: La littérature congolaise en deuil, Bienvenu Sene Mongaba est mort en Belgique". CultureCongo (in French). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Bienvenu SENE Mongaba". MuKanda (in French).
  3. "Interview. Bienvenu Sene Mongaba : " Nous ne faisons pas la promotion des langues congolaises uniquement pour des besoins identitaires "". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 16 August 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. "Bienvenu Sene Mongaba". Radio Okapi (in French). 12 November 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. Kuzamba, Emmanuel (1 February 2022). "RDC: décès du professeur Sene Mongaba, fondateur de la maison d'édition Mabiki". Actualite.cd (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  6. "pillage a kin". Mabiki (in French). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  7. "Pillage à Kin". Africultures (in French).
  8. "fwa-ku-mputu". Mabiki (in French). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  9. "bokobandela". Mabiki (in French). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
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