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Raphaël Nzabakomada-Yakoma
Born1944
Baboua, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa
Died1985 (aged 40–41)
Bangui, Central African Republic
Resting place
Bimon (near Mbaïki), Lobaye, Central African Republic
Occupations
Academic background
Education
ThesisLa Guerre de Kongo-Wara, 1928-1931 : un chapitre de la résistance anticoloniale en Afrique équatoriale (1975)
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of Bangui
(1972–1979, 1982–1985)
LanguageFrench
Notable works
″L'Afrique centrale insurgée : la guerre du Kongo-Wara, 1928-1930″ (1986)

Raphaël Nzabakomada-Yakoma (1944–1985) was a Central African writer, historian and academic, known for his work on the Kongo-Wara rebellion.[1][2] In 1975, Nzabakomada-Yakoma joined MESEN and was a former collaborator of the Bokassa regime until his exile in April 1979.[3][4]

Early life and education

Raphaël Nzabakomada-Yakoma was born in 1944 in Baboua, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa (present-day Central African Republic).[5] Nzabakomada-Yakoma spoke Sango and French.[3]

In 1972, Nzabakomada-Yakoma graduated from the then Université de Paris X with a Master's in Teaching.[6] In 1975, Nzabakomada-Yakoma was awarded a PhD in History from the Université Paris Diderot.[7] According to Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Nzabakomada-Yakoma was the first to be awarded a History PhD focused on the history of the Central African Republic.[3] The historian Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch was Nzabakomada-Yakoma's doctoral advisor.[7]

As a student Nzabakomada-Yakoma was a member and vice-president of the Association nationale des étudiants centrafricains [fr] (UNECA), a section of the Black African Students Federation in France.[3] During the 1969 UNECA delegation to Bangui, Nzabakomada-Yakoma narrowly avoided arrest during a crackdown on students by Jean-Bédel Bokassa following Alexandre Banza's failed coup d'état.[3]

Career

Upon the completion of his PhD in 1975, Nzabakomada-Yakoma joined MESEN.[3] Becoming part of Bokassa's inner circle, Nzabakomada-Yakoma was appointed by Bokassa to the ″Bureau Politique de MESAN″.[3][4]

From 1972 – 1982 Nzabakomada-Yakoma was a lecturer at the University of Bangui.[5] In 1976, Nzabakomada-Yakoma was appointed the Dean of the Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences.[5] Following the 1979 student uprisings, and the subsequent massacre of students in Bangui, in early April Nzabakomada-Yakoma was arrested and dismissed from his Deanship by Bokassa.[3][4] Nzabakomada-Yakoma fled to the city of Zongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[4] Nzabakomada-Yakoma remained in exile until Bokassa was overthrown in the 1979 Central African coup d’état.[4]

Returning to the University of Bangui in 1982, Nzabakomada-Yakoma was the Principal of the Department of History and Conference Master until his death in 1985.[5] In late 1985, Nzabakomada-Yakoma died at the Centre national hospitalier universitaire de Bangui [fr] following an illness.[3] Nzabakomada-Yakoma is buried in the village of Bimon, near Mbaïki.[3]

Legacy

In 1986, Nzabakomada-Yakoma's doctoral thesis was posthumously published by Editions L'Harmattan.[8] Retitled as ″L'Afrique centrale insurgée : la guerre du Kongo-Wara, 1928-1930″, the publication is considered one of the most complete studies of the Kongo-Wara rebellion.[2]

Publications

  • Nzabakomada-Yakoma, Raphaël (1986). L'Afrique centrale insurgée : la guerre du Kongo-Wara, 1928-1930. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-85802-650-5.[8]

Unpublished theses

  • Nzabakomada-Yakoma, Raphaël (1972). Le Coton en République Centrafricaine, 1920-1964 : Une contribution à l'histoire économique et sociale de la R.C.A. Nanterre: Université de Paris X. Master's thesis.[6]
  • Nzabakomada-Yakoma, Raphaël (1975). La Guerre de Kongo-Wara, 1928-1931 : un chapitre de la résistance anticoloniale en Afrique équatoriale. Paris: Université Paris Diderot. Ph.D. thesis.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ WorldCat. "Raphaël Nzabakomada-Yakoma". WorldCat Entities. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bernault, Florence (2021). "Colonialism in West Central Africa". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.833. ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4. Retrieved 29 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Ngoupandé, Jean-Paul (2004). "TEMOIGNAGE SUR LE REGRETTE RAPHAEL NZABAKOMADA YAKOMA". Sangonet - Histoire de la République Centrafricaine (in French). Paris: Victor Bissengué. Retrieved 30 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Simbi, Thierry (2019). "Centrafrique : Raphael Nzabakomada-Yakoma 1944 - 1985". Centrafrique le défi (in French). Archived from the original on 2 November 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Nzabakomada-Yakoma, Raphaël (1986). L'Afrique centrale insurgée : la guerre du Kongo-Wara, 1928-1930. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-85802-650-5.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Catalogue SUDOC. "Le Coton en République Centrafricaine, 1920-1964 : Une contribution à l'histoire économique et sociale de la R.C.A." Catalogue SUDOC (in French). Montpellier: L'Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur. Retrieved 28 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Catalogue SUDOC. "La Guerre de Kongo-Wara, 1928-1931 : un chapitre de la résistance anticoloniale en Afrique équatoriale". Catalogue SUDOC (in French). Montpellier: L'Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur. Retrieved 28 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Catalogue SUDOC. "L'Afrique centrale insurgée : la guerre du Kongo-Wara, 1928-1930 / Raphaël Nzabakomada-Yakoma". Catalogue SUDOC (in French). Montpellier: L'Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur. Retrieved 28 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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