Joseph Cimpaye
Joseph Cimpaye | |
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| 1st Mwambutsa IV | |
| Governor | Jean-Paul Harroy |
| Succeeded by | Louis Rwagasore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1929 Mugera, Gitega Province, Ruanda-Urundi (modern-day Burundi) |
| Died | c.May 1972 (aged 42–43) Burundi |
| Political party | Union des parties populaires |
| Known for | Author of first Burundian novel |
Joseph Cimpaye (1929 – c.May 1972) was a Burundian politician and writer.
Born into an educated family from the
While imprisoned, he wrote L'Homme de ma colline which has been acclaimed as the first Burundian novel but which remained unpublished in his lifetime. He was among a number of influential Hutus killed in the genocidal violence of 1972 instigated by the Micombero regime.
Early life
Joseph Cimpaye was born in 1929 in Mugera, a small town in Gitega Province, Ruanda-Urundi.[1] His mother was ethnically Tutsi, while Joseph was Hutu.[2] His father, Michel Cimpaye, worked as a medical assistant for the Belgian colonial administration. Joseph completed his primary education in Rulindo District in Ruanda, where his father was posted. He went on to receive a secondary education at the Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida,[1] where he studied veterinary science until 1952. From then until 1957 he served as an assistant veterinarian in Rutana District. He subsequently became a laboratory technician at Astrida.[2]
Political career
Cimpaye became active in local politics and founded a short-lived political party called AMEHUTU in 1960.
On 26 January 1961 the Belgian Governor-General of Ruanda-Urundi signed an ordinance creating an interim government in Urundi.
Later life
Cimpaye left politics after UPRONA's victory[2] and took up a career in journalism and public relations. Between October 1962 and November 1963 attended training seminars at the Institut Belge d'Information et de Documentation in Brussels and at the Centre universitaire d'enseignement du journalisme of the University of Strasbourg designed for African journalists. He later returned to Bujumbura and was hired by the Belgian airline Sabena on 2 January 1964 as a public relations specialist. He was later made head of sales for the Bujumubura office.[4] In 1965 he married a Rwandan Tutsi businesswoman.[2]
He was distrusted by
Cimpaye was released from prison in a general amnesty on 1 July 1971.[2] He was among a number of Hutu elites killed during the Ikiza by Micombero's regime in May 1972.[6][12]
Works
- Cimpaye, Joseph (2013). L'homme de ma colline. Brussels: Archives & Musée de la Littérature. ISBN 978-2-871680-68-0.
References
- ^ a b Ndoba 2008, p. 315.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Weinstein 1976, p. 110.
- ^ a b Weinstein 1976, p. 202.
- ^ a b Tshibola 1997, p. 472.
- ^ Weinstein 1976, pp. 10, 110.
- ^ a b c d e Ngendahayo, Jean-Marie (24 February 2014). "Littérature : un roman exceptionnel d'un auteur exceptionnel". IWACU-Voix du Burundi. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Weinstein 1976, p. 274.
- ^ Weinstein 1976, p. 242.
- ^ Weinstein 1976, p. 10.
- ^ Weinstein 1976, p. 105.
- ^ Lemarchand 1970, p. 463.
- ^ Weinstein 1976, p. 111.
Works cited
- Lemarchand, René (1970). Rwanda and Burundi. New York: Praeger Publishers. OCLC 254366212.
- Ndoba, Gasana (2008). "L'Homme de ma colline par Joseph Cimpaye. Un exercise posthume de transmission littéraire". In Quaghebeur, Marc (ed.). Analyse et enseignement des littératures francophones: Tentatives, réticences, responsabilités. Actes du colloque de Paris, 31 mai-2 juin 2006. Bruxelles: PIE Peter Lang. pp. 315–20. ISBN 978-90-5201-478-4.
- Tshibola Kalengayi, Bibiane, ed. (1997). Ecrire en français en Belgique et au Congo. Congo-Meuse (in French). OCLC 428028595.
- Weinstein, Warren (1976). Historical Dictionary of Burundi. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810809628.
Further reading
- Ngorwanubusa, Juvénal (2013). La littérature de langue française au Burundi. Brussels: Musée et Archives de la littérature. ISBN 978-2871680703.
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