Bakana Kolélas, Bernard, 1933-2009

LC control no.	n 2008068737
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ3989.3.B345
Personal name heading	Bakana Kolélas, Bernard, 1933-2009 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bakana Kolélas, Bernard, 1933- Kolélas, Bernard Bakana, 1933-2009
Associated country	Congo (Democratic Republic)
Birth date	1933
Death date	2009-11-13
Place of birth	Moloki (Congo)
Place of death	Paris (France)
Affiliation	Union démocratique de défense des intérêts africain Mouvement congolais pour la démocratie et le développement intégral Congo (Democratic Republic). Parlement
Profession or occupation	Politicians Legislators Novelists
Found in	Bakana Kolelas, Bernard. Le déchirement, c2006: t.p. (Bernard BAKANA KOLELAS) cover (Bernard KOLELAS) cover p. 4 (Bernard Kolelas, b. June 12, 1933 in Mboloki) p. 221 (Bernard Kolélas) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed May 02, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Kolélas, Bernard; political figure; born in 1933 in Moloki, Republic of the Congo; gravitated to the Union Démocratique pour la Défense des Interêts Africains (UDDIA) party of former priest Fulbert Youlou (1950's); was secretary-general of the ministry of foreign affairs with the UDDIA government after independence and minister of foreign affairs under the new regime of Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1963); turned from peaceful protest to military action in organizing a failed effort to take power (1965); formed the Mouvement Congolais pour la Démocratie et le Développement Integral (MCDDI) party (1989); ran as an MCDDI candidate and won a seat in the Congolese parliament, representing the Goma Tsé-Tsé district in the Malebo Pool region (1992); created a private Ninja militia with support from lari men; published the novel Le Déchirement (2008); died 13 November 2009 in Paris, France)