Zamenga Batukezanga

Zamenga Batukezanga (1933–2000) was a Congolese writer and philanthropist. Zamenga's work explored African culture. He's been named the "most popular Congolese writer" of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Every year, the Zamenga Batukezanga Literary Prize is awarded to a Congolese writer under the age of 40.

Selected works Souvenir du village, 1971 Bandoki, 1973 Carte postale, 1974 Village qui disparaît dans les promesses, 1975 Les îles Soyo, éditions Zabat, 1979 Lettre d’Amérique, 1980 Un Croco à Luozi, 1980 Psaumes sur le fleuve Zaïre, 1985 Un Blanc en Afrique, 1988 Pour une démystification: la littérature en Afrique, 1989 Un boy à Pretoria, 1990 Laveur des Cadavres, 1992 Pour un cheveu blanc, posthumous work, 2005 La Mercèdes qui saute le trou, posthumous work, 2005

Award 1985: Grand Prize of the 20th anniversary of the 2nd Republic of Zaire for all of his literary work.

Legagy Phambu Ngoma-Binda, Zamenga Batukezanga : Vie et Œuvre, Éditions Saint Paul Afrique, 1990, 80 p Wyatt Mc Gaffey, « Zamenga of Zaire: Novelist, Historian, Sociologist, Philosopher and Moralist », in Research in African Literatures, vol. 13, 2 (Summer, 1982), Zamenga of Zaire: "Novelist, Historian, Sociologist, Philosopher and Moralist" on JSTOR