Kabika Tshilolo
Encyclopedia
Marie-Jeanne Kabika Tshilolo (born 1949, Lubumbashi
, Katanga
) is a French language
writer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
. Educated by French nuns, she became a French lecturer after graduating from university, and subsequently a journalist. She was mentioned in Le Livre littéraire, biographie de la littérature du Congo Kinshasa (The Literary Book, a Biography of Kinshasa Congo Literature), published in Paris by L'Harmattan in 1994.
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern part of the country. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Katanga Province, lying near the Zambian border...
, Katanga
Katanga Province
Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...
) is a French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
writer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
. Educated by French nuns, she became a French lecturer after graduating from university, and subsequently a journalist. She was mentioned in Le Livre littéraire, biographie de la littérature du Congo Kinshasa (The Literary Book, a Biography of Kinshasa Congo Literature), published in Paris by L'Harmattan in 1994.
Works
- Le Pilier du chef et autres contes [The Chief's Pillar and Other Stories], Kinshasa: Pavillon des écrivains, 1986. Short story collection.
- Matricide. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-296-04330-5. Novel.