Tchicaya U Tam'si

Le mauvais sang, suivi de Feu de brousse et A triche-coeur -- inscribed by author

Honfleur: Pierre Jean Oswald, 1970. First Printing. Wraps. 12mo, wraps, very good, light wear, inscribed by author to some UNESCO colleagues. Mainly poetry, in French. Born in Mpili, near Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo) in 1931, U Tam'si spent his childhood in France, where he worked as a journalist until he returned to his homeland in 1960. Back in Congo, he continued to work as a journalist; during this time he maintained contact to the politician Patrice Lumumba. In 1961, he started to work for UNESCO. He received Grand Prix at the 1966 first ever World Festival of Negro Art in Dakar. Very good. Item #H30906

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