Angerville. Liss Kihindou reaches a new readership. Liss Kihindou, Boisselian, professor, lover of the language of Victor Hugo, handles words wonderfully. To his credit poetry, fiction novels, essays and short stories. The one who holds a doctorate in letters brings honor to the Congo and to France. Already, at 13, Liss Kihindou (pseudonym) was writing texts and stories. Among the authors who inspired her, there is the Congolese writer and sociologist Dibakana Mankessi, Daniel Biyaoula.
An ode to Congo
After Mwanana, the little girl who spoke to animals she published her sequel, Kinokia and the ancestors a book illustrated by Willy Zekid.
What are his inspirations? “For this new opus, I wanted to broaden the youth readership by encouraging them to evolve with my books,” she explains. The objective: to give young people a taste for reading, with a permanent desire to share. “Through the books, I bring to life characters who have left and it is also an ode to the Congo, my history, my roots. Everything is linked to nature. »
Kinokia and the ancestors is a fantastic novel full of adventure, based on the foundation of science fiction, witchcraft, all mixed with traditions, ancestors, wisdom, justice and the strength of the spirit.
Liss Kihindou is already looking into her next book, which will have a boy as its hero, because there is a link with her four children, three girls and a boy. Until now, the stories resonated with her three daughters.
