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  • Throwback Thursday: DR Congo’s Clémentine Faik Nzuji

    Throwback Thursday: DR Congo’s Clémentine Faik Nzuji

    One our Throwback Thursday this week, we feature Clémentine Faik Nzuji, DR Congo’s first female writer. Clémentine Faik Nzuji, also known as Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji Madiya, is a Congolese poet and writer. She was born in Tshofa, Kabinda District in the Belgian Congo. She has been called “the first poet of real significance” among a group…