| Une saison au Congo | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Aimé Césaire |
| Date premiered | March 1967 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre Vivant |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | anticolonial revolution |
| Genre | political play |
| Setting | Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960s |
Une saison au Congo (French pronunciation:[ynəsɛzɔ̃okɔ̃ɡo],A Season in the Congo[1]) is a 1966 theatre play byAimé Césaire,[2] first performed in March 1967 inBrussels by theThéâtre Vivant. In September of the same year, the play was produced at theVenice Biennale.[3] An English translation byRalph Manheim was published by Grove in 1968; a new translation byGayatru Chakravorty Spivak was published by Seagull Books in 2010.
It follows the political career ofPatrice Lumumba, firstpresident ofthe Republic of the Congo inAfrica,[4] taking a deeply pessimistic view of his fate.[5]
The play depicts the last months of the life ofPatrice Lumumba during the transition to independence of theBelgian Congo marked by conflicts with thesecession of Katanga, supported by the Belgian and broader Western interests.[6]
After its first performance in Belgium, the play was produced at theVenice Biennale in March 1967, then at theThéâtre de l'Est parisien bytheatre directorJean-Marie Serreau on 4 October 1967.[3] The play's most recent performance took place in theThéâtre national de la Colline in Paris in September 1989.[3]
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