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Emmanuel Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Simon's Rock College of Bard. In 1997, he was dean of Universite de Brazzaville when war broke out in the Congo. Simon's Rock President Leon Botstein, who has aided a number of refugee professors, offered him a job teaching chemistry at the college.

As a chemist, his specialty is stereochemistry and asymmetric synthesis, as well as environmental toxicology.

He is the author of a number of award-winning novels including Johnny Mad Dog (French: Johnny Chien Méchant) and Little Boys Come from the Stars. His work is also featured in the Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship.