 Lumumba is relatively absent from Congolese writing, and he is often portrayed with only subtle or ambiguous references.Congolese authors Sony Lab'ou Tansi's and Sylvain Bemba's fictional "Parentheses of Blood" and "Léopolis", respectively, both feature characters with strong similarities to Lumumba.In written tributes to Mobutu, Lumumba is usually portrayed as an adviser to the former.