▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁Belg ian ▁Congo , ▁Lé op old ville , ▁and ▁expressed ▁deep ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁soci ological ▁issues ▁of ▁colonial ism . ▁He ▁critic ised ▁rac ist ▁elements ▁of ▁colonial ▁projects ▁but ▁advoc ated ▁for ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁French ▁and ▁Latin ▁in ▁Cong ol ese ▁schools , ▁as ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁instruction ▁in ▁ind igen ous ▁languages ▁would ▁be ▁of ▁less ▁use . ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁boys ▁and ▁girls ▁should ▁be ▁treated ▁equally ▁in ▁the ▁educational ▁system . ▁The ▁Belg ian ▁administration ▁promoted ▁his ▁more ▁positive ▁app rais als ▁of ▁the ▁Cong ol ese ▁situation ▁for ▁propag anda ▁purposes . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Bol amba ▁published ▁Prem iers ▁Ess ais ▁( First ▁Att empt s ), ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁po ems ▁he ▁had ▁previously ▁printed ▁in ▁La ▁Vo ix ▁du ▁Cong ol ais . ▁They ▁were ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁Par n ass ian ism ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁read ▁in ▁school . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁Bol amba ▁released ▁a ▁ 1 7 6 - page ▁paper ▁about ▁African ▁women ' s ▁issues , ▁entitled ▁Les ▁problem es ▁de ▁l ' e volution ▁de ▁la ▁femme ▁no ire ▁( The ▁Problem s ▁of ▁the ▁E volution ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Woman ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁he ▁made ▁subm issions ▁to ▁the ▁cre ative ▁writing ▁contest ▁of ▁the ▁Conference ▁on ▁African ▁Studies ▁at ▁the ▁International ▁Fair ▁in ▁Gh ent , ▁though ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁win ▁any ▁awards . ▁In ▁August