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Richard Ali A Mutu was born in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1988. He won the Mark Twain Award in 2009, and published his first novel, ""Tabu s Nightmares,"" written in French, in 2011. His novel ""Mr. Fix It: Troublesome Kinshasa"" was published in Lingala in 2014, and has since been translated into French as well. Ali was selected as one of the only writers working in indigenous languages for the Africa 39 anthology, which showcased the continent s most talented writers under forty, including Chimamanda Adichie and Dinaw Mengetsu. He works as a lawyer and writer, and hosts a weekly television program about Congolese literature. Bienvenu Sene Mongaba is a Congolese writer, translator, and publisher. He directs Editions Mabiki, which champions Congolese languages. He has written three books of fiction in Lingala and several in French. He splits his time between Kinshasa and Belgium. ""
