When the young teacher began writing for the theatre later that year, he adopted the pen name "Sony La'bou Tansi" as a tribute to Tchicaya U Tam'si, a fellow Congolese writer who wrote politically charged poetry about oppressive nature of the state.
Back in Congo, he continued to work as a journalist; during this time he maintained contact to the politician Patrice Lumumba.
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