The ▁Spider ' s ▁Lad der ), ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁legend ▁from ▁Cong ol ese ▁or al ▁tradition . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁he ▁won ▁an ▁award ▁from ▁the ▁International ▁African ▁Institute ▁for ▁his ▁writing . ▁He ▁also ▁won ▁the ▁first ▁prize ▁in ▁a ▁contest ▁organ ised ▁by ▁the ▁Association ▁des ▁Am is ▁de ▁l ' Art ▁Ind ig é ne ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁Les ▁Advent ures ▁de ▁N go y , ▁le ▁hé ros ▁lég end aire ▁des ▁Bang ala ▁( The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁N go y , ▁the ▁Leg end ary ▁Bang ala ▁Hero ). ▁His ▁success ▁brought ▁him ▁a ▁considerable ▁amount ▁of ▁public ▁attention . ▁He ▁also ▁contributed ▁articles ▁to ▁several ▁Cong ol ese ▁period ical s , ▁including ▁Band , ▁Br ous se , ▁and ▁N s ango ▁ya ▁bis u , ▁the ▁official ▁journal ▁of ▁the ▁Force ▁Pub lique . ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁Bol amba ▁was ▁h ired ▁by ▁the ▁Services ▁d ' Information ▁du ▁G ouvern ement ▁Gén éral ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁its ▁press ▁section . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁made ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁month ly ▁journal , ▁La ▁Vo ix ▁du ▁Cong ol ais , ▁at ▁the ▁beh est ▁of ▁Governor - General ▁Pierre ▁Ry ck mans . ▁The ▁publication ▁c ater ed ▁to ▁évol ués ▁and ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁encou rage ▁public ▁eng agement ▁and ▁liter acy . ▁As ▁a ▁journalist ▁Bol amba ▁held ▁considerable ▁influence ▁in ▁the