Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji

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.

In this Congolese name, the surname is Faïk-Nzuji and the post-surname is Madiya.
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