Biography of Adrien Ntabona

Biography of Adrien Ntabona

After his studies, the Abbot Ntabona Adrien had not been long in concretizing his talents through various occupations and scientific. Until today, its daily activities are evidence of a man of a human direction and raised scientist, a man who can reconcile divine and terrestrial realities.1968 to 1970, it is active in secondary education, with the Average Seminar of Burasira as professor of French and traditional Literature of Burundi. Since 1971, Ntabona Adrien proposed and initiated the courses “Faith and Culture” and “Cultural anthropology of Burundiau”, of the courses which it animates until today with the Great Seminars of Bujumbura and Burasira. 1977 to our days, Ntabona Adrien is a professor at the University of Burundi, holder of the courses: “Initiation with research”, “Introduction to the traditional literature of Burundi”, “Analyzes heroic and pastoral kinds of Burundi”, “Analyzes concise and humorous kinds of Burundi”, “practical Theory and of literary creation in Kirundi”, “Cultural anthropology of Burundi”, “Problems and methods of research in oral literature” and “Seminar of oral literature”. Ntabona is also very known for its high direction of research. It feels happy to have traced scientific tracks in a still obscure forest and it would like to finish its career after having systematically restored with the Burundian people his literature and its culture.

It is him personally which thought all the teaching of the oral literature of the University of Burundi. It is extremely happy by seeing the fruits. It trained all his colleagues in this field, like all the professors of oral literature in the colleges Like ecclesiastical activities, Ntabona Adrien marks there the traces of a priest deeply engaged for the good being of humanity.