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February 24, 1966, Mouyondzi, Congo [now Republic of the Congo] (age 58)
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Alain Mabanckou (born February 24, 1966, Mouyondzi, Congo [now Republic of the Congo]) is a prolific Francophone Congolese poet and novelist whose wordplay, philosophical bent, and sometimes sly and often absurd sense of humor resulted in his being known in France as “the African Samuel Beckett.” Acclaimed for his works addressing the consequences of colonialism in Africa, Mabanckou is one of the most popular Francophone African writers in contemporary literature. Mabanckou grew up in Congo (Brazzaville) in the port city of Pointe-Noire, the only child of a mother who could not read and a father unfamiliar with fiction. By his ...(100 of 693 words)

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