Clémentine M. 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.

Background and early life She graduated from Lovanium University. She also holds a doctorate in African studies from the University of Paris. she founded the Pléiade du Congo, a literary group in Kinshasa, and headed and helped found the International Centre for African Languages, Literatures and Traditions in favour of Development (CILTADE) at the Catholic University of Louvain. She is also an award-winning author of short stories and poetry.