Koulsy Lamko

Some of his poetry was published in Revue Noire in 1994. In 1997 he co-released the album Bir Ki Mbo of mixed poetry and music in tribute to Sankara in collaboration with Stéphane Scott and Rémi Stengel. A regular attendant at the Limousin Festival International des Francophonies, he briefly lived in Limoges, France. He then moved to Rwanda, where he read for his doctorate at the National University in Butare while founding the university's Center for the Arts and the Theater and teaching theater and creative writing. His doctoral thesis was on emerging theatrical aesthetics in Africa. His experience in Rwanda led him to write his novel, La phalène des collines ("The butterfly of the hills"), about the 1994 genocide. In 2009 he stayed, as a guest of Amsterdam Vluchtstad, in the former apartment of Anne Frank and her family at the Amsterdam Merwedeplein. He currently lives in Mexico City.

Koulsy Lamko studied at University of Limoges and University of Rwanda. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Ibero-American University, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Distinctions recorded are Premi Veu Lliure.

• Name — Koulsy Lamko • Born — 25 October 1959 • Birthplace — Chad • Citizenship — Chad • Occupation — Writer, playwright, poet, novelist, cultural activist, actor, university teacher • Illustration — Koulsy Lamko in Geneva, 2012

Koulsy Lamko is recorded as writer, playwright, poet, novelist and cultural activist. Career and activity. He was employed by Ibero-American University, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, National Autonomous University of Mexico and National University of Rwanda.