Clementine Nzuji

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Clémentine Faik Nzuji (also known as Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji Madiya ; born January 21, 1944 in Tshofa , Kabinda , Democratic Republic of the Congo ) is an African poet who was born in what was then the Belgian Congo .

Background and past life

Nzuji graduated from Kinshasa University with a college education. At the University of Paris , she did her PhD on Studies in Africa . Nzuji is married and has five children. Many of her poems relate to the family.

Literary activities

Njuzi founded the Pléiade du Congo , a literary group in Kinshasa , and helped found the International Center for African Languages, Literatures and Traditions in Favor of Development (CILTADE) at the Université catholique de Louvain . She also carried out important research in the field of linguistics and oral literature. She won an award for writing short stories and poems.

Works (selection)

Poetry

  • Murmures . Kinshasa: Lettres Congolaises, 1968.
  • Kasalà . Kinshasa: Editions Mandore, 1969.
  • Le temps des amants . Kinshasa: Editions Mandore, 1969.
  • Lianes . Kinshasa: Editions du Mont noir, 1971. (Series Jeune littérature 4).
  • Gestes interrompus . Lubumbashi: Editions Mandore, 1976.

prose

  • Lenga et autres contes d'inspiration traditionnelle . Lubumbashi: Editions Saint-Paul Afrique, 1976 (fairy tales).
  • Cité de l'abondance . Unpublished (short stories). Sole winner of the annual competition of the Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Brussels) in 1986.
  • Frisson de la mémoire , in: Cluzeau, Fiancée à vendre et treize autres nouvelles . Saint-Maur: SEPIA, 1993. (pp. 203-229). Short story.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Albert S. Gérard: European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa ( English ) (= Comparative history of literatures in European languages), Volume 6. John Benjamin Publishing Company, 1986, ISBN 978-963-05-3832- 9 , p 546 .
  2. ↑ Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild, Almut Nordmann Seiler: Nzuji, Clémentine . In: Who's who in African literature: biographies, works, commentaries ( English ). H. Erdmann, 1972, ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4 , page 183. .
  3. ↑ Janice Spleth: Nzuji, Clémentine Madiya . In: Simon Gikandi (Ed.): Encyclopedia of African literature ( English ). Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3 , page 401 .
  4. ↑ John Middleton: Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara ( English ), Volume 4. C. Scribner's Sons, 1997, ISBN 978-0-684-80466-8 , page 194 .
personal data
SURNAME Nzuji, Clementine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nzuji, Clémentine Faik (full name); Madiya, Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Tshofa , Kabinda , Democratic Republic of the Congo