Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji
Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji | |
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| Born | Clémentine Nzuji 21 January 1944 Tshofa, Kabinda District, Belgian Congo |
| Other names | Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji Madiya |
| Education | Lovanium University University of Paris |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Children | 5 |
Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji Madiya (born Clémentine Nzuji, 21 January 1944), is a Congolese poet and writer. She was born in Tshofa, Kabinda District in the Belgian Congo. Albert S. Gérard calls her "the first poet of real significance" among a group of African writers who emerged in the late 1960s; she was also the first female writer in the Belgian Congo.