Complex sentence: Tchicaya U Tam'si (25 August 1931-22 April 1988) was a Congolese author born Gérald-Félix Tchicaya; his pen name means "small paper that speaks for a country" in Kikongo.
Split into simpler sentences: Tchicaya U Tam'si (25 August 1931-22 April 1988) was a Congolese author. His official name is Gérald-Félix Tchicaya; his pen name means "small paper that speaks for a country" in Kikongo.