Lokangaka Losambe

Biography

Lokangaka Losambe was born in 1952 in Omutumba, Kasaï, Zaïre. Several of his poems have been published in the Tyume Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing. He attended the National University of Zaïre for his BA and MA in English language and literature. He also earned his MEd from the University of Wales in 1979 and his PhD in African Literature from the University of Ibadan in 1983. Losambe's research interests include African-Anglophone literature, Pan-African literature, Black Atlantic literature, and postcolonialism. He is a professor of English at the University of Vermont.

Birth Date

1952-01-01

Place of Birth

Congolese

Country of Nationality

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Languages Spoken

Tetela, Lingala, Swahili, French, English

National University of Zaire, University of Wales, University of Ibadan

Poems

“Alien in Black Land”( Poem) ,Tyume:Fort Hare Journal of Creative writing (1997 ) : 8 . Fort Hare Journal of Creative writing. Fort Hare, South Africa “ A Gardener’s Hymn”( Poem), Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing, Fort Hare, South Africa ( 1997 ) : 9 . “ Unwanted Guest”( Poem), Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing, Fort Hare, South Africa ( 1997 ) : 10 . “Baby’s Smile”( Poem), Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing, Fort Hare, South Africa (1996):34 “Mixing Sounds”( Poem), Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing, Fort Hare, South Africa (1996): 35 “Dented Shield”( Poem), Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing, Fort Hare, South Africa (1996): 36 “Power” ( Poem), Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing, Fort Hare, South Africa (1996): 37 “A Lone Tree,”( Poem), ANA Review: Publication of the Association of Nigerian Authors (October 1994). “Dancing Leaf,”(Poem) ANA Review: Publication of the Association of Nigerian Authors (October 1994). “Midnight Wind”( Poem), Fort Harian: Fort Hare Newsletter (1994). “A New Song”( Poem), in Graebner, Werner, ed. , Matatu( Amsterdam and Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1992) 10. “Ikogosi Springs”( Poem) Alliance Francaise Magazine, Swaziland (1992

Sources

“Lokangaka Losambe.” Department of English, The University of Vermont, https://www.uvm.edu/cas/english/profile/lokangaka-losambe. Accessed 16 November 2024.
 
“Lokangaka Losambe.” Prabook.com, https://prabook.com/web/lokangaka.losambe/474931. Accessed 17 May 2022.
 
Losambe, Lokangaka. Postcolonial Agency in African and Diasporic Literature and Film. Taylor & Francis, 31 January 2022, www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429322426/postcolonial-agency-african-diasporic-literature-film-lokangaka-losambe. Accessed 17 May 2022.