Ivonne Marie Claire Botuli-Bolumbu, known as Ikole Botuli-Bolumbu (born 1951) is a poet from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Life

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Botuli-Bolumbu was born in Kinshasa in 1951. She was a journalist and editor at the literary journal Dombi: Revue congolaise des lettres et des arts, published by the National Office of Research and Development in Kinshasa.[2] She published several of her poems in Dombi.[3]

Works

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  • 'Evidence', Dombi, vol. 2 (September–October 1970), p.2
  • Feuilles d'olive. Kinshasa; Lubumbashi: Éditions du Mont Noir, 1972. OCLC 1103287080
  • 'Rendez-vous', 'Portrait d'une sentence', Dombi, vol. 4 (March–April 1972), p.291.
  • 'Poemes', in M. N. Mabelemadiko, ed., Le Zaire ecrit: anthologie de la poesie zairoise de langue francoise, Tubingen: H. Erdmann Verlag, pp.230–232
  • Reflets. 1984?

References

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  1. ^ Emizet Francois Kisangani; Scott F. Bobb (2009). "Literature". Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-0-8108-6325-5.
  2. ^ "Botuli-Bolumbu Ikole, 1951–". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ Guyonneau, Christine H. (1985). "Francophone Women Writers From Sub-Saharan Africa: A Preliminary Bibliography". Callaloo. 24: 453–483. JSTOR 2930984.