Moyila Ngonda Author

Moyila Ngonda was born in 1945 in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. He has a degree in International Relations (University of Lubumbashi), a diploma in Social Communication (University of Kinshasa), M.A. in International Relations (IRIC, Yaounde, Cameroon) and a diploma in Development Studies (IUED, Geneva). He has been in diplomatic service since 1973, as First Secretary at the Congo (Zaire) Permanent mission at the UN, New York (1977-1980) and Geneva (1980-1982); Director Head of Service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004-2010); Minister Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires at the DRC Embassy in Paris (2010-2012) and currently Charge d'Affaires at the DRC Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Apart from his diplomatic career he is a poet, painter, engraver and sculptor. He is a leading member of the Union of Congolese Writers and the Association of Plastic Artists. His other publications include " Appel et Meditations d'Afrique " (poetry) (Paris 1981) and " L'Exoterisme et l'Esoterisme" (Paris 2015).