Raïssa Alingabo-Yowali M’bilo

Author, playwright, and performer Raïssa Alingabo-Yowali M’bilo put out an award-winning self-published collection into the world in 2024, titled D’aussi longtemps que je me souvienne, je me suis pensée au masculin pour embrasser les filles (For as long as I remember, I thought of myself in the masculine in order to kiss girls), and has contributed to several collective collections, including En Lettres noires/In Black Letters at the Midis de la poésie and (Grands)-mères en Lumière/(Grand)mothers in Light with maelstrÖm.

Her next collection will be published by L'Arbre de Diane in November 2025.

She is also a cultural journalist. She contributes to various film and performing arts magazines, including Surimpressions and La Pointe. She is also a member of La Salve—a critical deconstruction project initiated by Mylène Lauzon at La Bellone—and recently joined the artistic support collective at La Verrière. She is also a co-programmer for the LGBTQIA+ film festival, Pinkscreens.