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Youssef Branh is a Congolese artist, poet and slammer born April 28, 2001 in Kinshasa.

Biography
Youssef Branh is a Congolese poet born April 18, 2001 in Kinshasa where he lives. Slam artist, rapper. He is the author of seven collections of poems since 2018.

In 2018, he released the slam Sans pareille which traveled when it was released and was followed by a tour in Kinshasa.

In October 2018, he won the Golden Words Prize in the Seychelles thanks to his poem The Peace is Possible with Motivational Strips. Two after obtaining his first prize, he already pocketed his fifth literary prize.

In 2020, he continued his literary productions with Aimez Césaire Part 1, his collection of poems which sold 2,000 copies before its official launch thanks to the Collectif Malafi’arts production.

In 2022, he released on the book market the collection of poems Poèmes Incertains which he will then present in Congo-Brazzaville at the Marien Ngouabi University. He then held a tour in Brazzaville which ended with his show Fragments with Diaf Bikryan and Guer2mo at the French Institute of Congo/Brazzaville.

Currently, he is editorial manager of Editions Mikanda in DR Congo and president of the international literary prize Prix Youve.

Poetry

 * Stimulant, éditions Médiaspaul (RDC), 2017.
 * Irréconnaissance, poésie noire de la lumière blanche, Éditions du Net (France), 2019 ISBN 978-2-312-06691-2.
 * Confessions, 2019.
 * Whispers of Souls - Murmures des âmes - co-écrit avec Maggie Faure Vidot Vijay Kumar, Éditions du Net (France), 2020
 * Viens je t'invite chez moi . Editions de la Pointe Sarène, France 2020
 * Aimez Césaire (Partie 1), Editions Colline Inspirée (RDC), 2020
 * Poèmes Incertains

Song

 * Sans pareille
 * Air Décès feat Pif Doft
 * Départ - Freestyle Part 1

Featuring

 * #KONGO (Mr KBG ft Youssef Branh)
 * Lettre à nos futures exs (RTT ft Youssef Branh)
 * Femme & Fière (Murielle Musao ft Youssef Branh)

Honors



 * Prix Golden Words de Motivational Strips, Seychelles 2018
 * Certificat de Littérature Mondiale de Motivational Strips, Seychelles 2019
 * World Literary Prize (Prix littéraire mondial) dans la catégorie "World Poetic Star" de World Nations Writers Union, Kazakhstan 2019
 * Prix Littéraire Mondiale D'Excellence Culturelle, Pérou, 2020
 * Floraison - Grand Prix de Poésie Francophone, catégorie Performance Poétique, Kinshasa - Paris 2020
 * Trophée 100 jeunes espoir de la RDC, 2e Ed. 2020, Kinshasa
 * Prashamshith, certificat d'honneur de littéraire mondiale, Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Motivational Strips, Inde 2020
 * Prix de l'Ambassadeur du Livre, Editions Mikanda, Kinshasa 2021
 * Prix de Mémoire Littéraire Rabindranath Tagore, Inde 2022

Scenes

 * Festival Mwinda na Molili, Ed. 1, 2017, Malafi'arts Production
 * Journée Internationale des Arts Urbains Ed. 2., IFK-Halle de la Gombe, 2017
 * Soirée du Court métrage international, Goëthe Institut
 * Fête du Livre de Kinshasa, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, 5e Edition 2017
 * Festival du Livre et de la Bible, Ed. 3, Place des évolués 2019 Médiaspaul et Paulines
 * Grande Rentrée Littéraire de Kinshasa, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, 1e Edition 2019
 * Tournée Sans pareille, 2019
 * Festival des Cuisines International, Texaf Bilembo, 2019
 * Festival Tokende Africa, Hotel Invest, 2019
 * Grande Rentrée Littéraire de Kinshasa, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, 2e Edition 2019
 * Festival Africa Style Ed. 3, 2019
 * Soirée Maloba, MwatshaSlam
 * Fête du Livre de Kinshasa 6e Edition, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles,2018
 * Fragments, Institut Français de Brazzaville, 2022
 * Concert, Centre Culturel ZOLA, Brazzaville, 2022
 * Fragments, Centre Culturel Yali Alumni Congo, 2022
 * Tremplins Mbote SLam, Institut Français du Congo, Brazzaville 2022