Reading Comprehension Passages: Congolese Tales is a book composed of 11 Oral African Tales from the Democratic Republic of Congo. These tales have been reduced to the rank of simple folklore. But, thanks to this book, they have come out of darkness, have come to light and can be let known to a great audience. This book shows that these tales are not told aimlessly; they have an educational objective in the sense that they inculcate in the children's mind values which will permit them to get along well with their communities and teach them to be cautious and wise enough to cope with life's challenges.
Below each tale, there are Questions and Exercises which the reader should do. At the end of the book there are Answers to some of the Questions and Exercises.
This book is suitable for students in Secondary Schools and equivalent Institutions. The author was born in Likasi, Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1973 he got his degree in Germanic Philology from the University of Brussels. From 1973 to 1981 he taught English and German in Belgian Secondary and High Schools. From 1981 to 2004 he taught English. In 1994 he published a 117-pages book, titled, Chinua Achebe: a Novelist and a Portraitist of His Society (Vantage Press, New York). 
In 2012 he published a 46-pages book, titled, African Tales (Rose Dog Books, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).

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