Tchichelle Tchivela

Tchichellé Tchivéla was born François-Auguste Tchichellé on 22 October 1940 in Pointe-Noire, the son of Stéphane Tchitchellé, a railway employee who became the first elected mayor of the city, then a minister. He studied medicine in Bordeaux, specialised in paediatrics in Toulouse and Rennes, and served as a military doctor up to the rank of colonel. Minister of Tourism and the Environment under Pascal Lissouba, he was prefect of Kouilou during the civil war of 1997 and kept Pointe-Noire out of the fighting. He also writes and composes songs, and supports the musicians of his city.

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• Short storiesL'Exil ou la tombeTchichelle Tchivela · 1986not translated into EnglishLiterature