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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 2 / 2020  
         
  Article:   A SMALL REQUIEM FOR CONGOLESE DEMOCRACY / PETIT REQUIEM POUR LA DEMOCRATIE CONGOLAISE.

Authors:  ANDREEA BIANCA URS.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbeuropaea.2020.2.10
Published Online: 2020-12-30
Published Print: 2020-12-30
pp. 195-217
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The reader''s interest in the substrates of Congolese democracy is deeply revived through the writing of Jean Bofane, the place where reality and fiction become one. The start of 2019 has been a historic moment for the DRC as it is the first time that a former president has peacefully handed over power. Outgoing President Joseph Kabila cedes power to Félix Tshisekedi, while maintaining the mystery of his deep and future intentions. The new President, Felix Tshilombo Tshisekedi, operates literally like the character Tshilombo in the novel Mathematiques congolaises. Starting from this resemblance, we’ve created a political-literary analysis around the events that took place both in the book and in reality.

Keywords: literature, politics, democracy, conflict, Democratic Republic of Congo
 
         
     
         
         
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