Melchior Mbonimpa

Melchior Mbonimpa (born 1955) is a Burundian-Canadian writer. He is most noted for his novel Les morts ne sont pas morts, which won the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2006. He was previously a finalist for the same award in 2002 for Le totem des Baranda, and in 2004 for Le dernier roi faiseur de pluie.

A professor of philosophy in the department of religious studies at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, he has written both novels and non-fiction work on African politics. In 2019, he was named one of the 25 most important Black Canadian personalities in Franco-Ontarian culture by Ici Radio-Canada.

Works Fiction Le totem des Baranda (2001, Prise de parole) Le dernier roi faiseur de pluie (2003, Prise de parole) Les morts ne sont pas morts (2006, Prise de parole) La terre sans mal (2008, Prise de parole) La tribu de Sangwa (2012, Prise de parole) Diangombé l'Immortel (2015) Au sommet du Nanzerwé il s'est assis et il a pleuré (2020)

Non-fiction Idéologies de l’indépendance africaine (1989) Hutu, Tutsi, Twa (1993) Ethnicité et démocratie en Afrique (1994) Défis actuels de l’identité chrétienne (1996) La Pax Americana en Afrique des Grands Lacs (2000)