Charles Baranyanka

Charles Baranyanka (1935 – 1 August 2021) was a Burundian diplomat and historian.

Early life Charles Baranyanka was born in 1935 in Rabiro, Ngozi Province, Ruanda-Urundi. His father, Pierre Baranyanka, was a chief who had close connections with the Belgian colonial administration. and in 2015 published a history of Burundi, Le Burundi face à la croix et à la bannière.

Baranyanka died on 1 August 2021.