Une Saison au Congo

Une saison au Congo is a 1966 theatre play by Aimé Césaire.

It depicts the last months of the life of Patrice Lumumba during the transition to independence of the Belgian Congo marked by conflicts with the secession of Katanga, supported by the Belgian and broader Western interests.

The theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau created the play at the Théâtre de l'Est parisien on 4 October 1967 then at La Fenice in Venice.


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