Koulsy Lamko

Koulsy Lamko (born 1959) is a Chadian-born playwright, poet, novelist and university lecturer.

Born in Dadouar, Lamko left his country for Burkina Faso in 1979 due to the beginning of the civil war.

In 1997 he co-released the album Bir Ki Mbo of mixed poetry and music in tribute to Sankara in collaboration with Stéphane Scott and Rémi Stengel.

A regular attendant at the Limousin Festival International des Francophonies, he briefly lived in Limoges, France.

[1][2][3] His experience in Rwanda led him to write his novel, La phalène des collines ("The butterfly of the hills"), about the 1994 genocide.