J.-R. Bofuky et Jules Minne. Lettres inédites

Abstract

Resume Dans une note sur l'œuvre poetique de Jean-Robert Bofuky, j\'avais signale sa dependance directe du poete belge Jules Minne. Recemment, quatre lettres de Bofuky datees entre 1959 et 1963, adressees a M. Andre Louwagie, Commissaire principal de la Surete a Bukavu, ont ete ajoutees au dossier. Nous trouvons dans ces textes la confirmation de l\'hypothese d\'une dependance litteraire de Bofuky vis-a-vis Jules Minne, qu\'il doit avoir connu pendant son sejour au Kivu. Ces memes lettres peuvent nous eclairer sur son role dans la fondation du Parti Traditionaliste en 1959 et sur la campagne anticommuniste, en relation avec d\'anciens responsables de la Surete coloniale, pendant les annees suivant l'Independance. Mots-cles : Bofuky, Minne, Louwagie, Parti Traditionaliste, communisme, Congo, Surete coloniale. Abstract In a note on the Congolese poete Jean-Robert Bofuky, I signalled his direct dependence on the Belgian poet Jules Minne. Recently, four Bofuky letters, written between 1959 and 1963, addressed to M. Andre Louwagie, main Commissioner of the Colonial Secret Service in Bukavu, have been added to the dossier. These texts provide confirmation of the hypothesis of Bofuky's dependence vis-a-vis Jules Minne, whom he must have met during his stay in Kivu. These same letters can also explain his role in the foundation of the Traditionalist Party in 1959 as well as his role in forms of anticommunist propaganda which he carried out in the years following the independence in close collaboration with people who had previously worked for the Colonial Intelligence. Keywords : Bofuky, Minne, Louwagie, Traditionalist Party, Congo, communism, colonial Intelligence. Annales AEquatoria 25(2004) : 493-504