Elebe Lisembe, (Lisembe Philippe Elebe) (b. 1937). Zaïrois poet and playwright. African authenticity is a major theme of Elebe's ten volumes of verse, which include Mélodie africaine (1970), Orphée rebelle (1972), La Joconde d'ébène (1977), and Les Cailloux de l'espoir (1987). Anticolonialism dominates his plays: Simon Kimbangu ou le Messie (1972); Le Sang des Noirs pour un sou (1972); Chant de la terre/Chant de l'eau (1973).
[Virginia Coulon]
