Maguy Rashidi-Kabamba is a writer and translator 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...

. She was educated at the University of Lubumbashi

University of Lubumbashi

The University of Lubumbashi is one of the largest universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Lubumbashi, the capital city of Katanga province....

. Her novel La Dette coloniale (The Colonial Debt) came out in 1995. The book takes a critical look at the belief many Africans have that a better life can be found in Europe. Its title refers to a philosophy that acquisition of goods and money by any means (i.e. criminality) is a legitimate refund or entitlement. The phrase has been used frequently by Congolese leaders.

During the 2007-2008 school year, she worked as a French I-III teacher at Dulles High School (Sugar Land, Texas)

Dulles High School (Sugar Land, Texas)

John Foster Dulles High School is a high school in Sugar Land, Texas. It was the first site purchase and new build, in the 1950s, of the newly formed Fort Bend Independent School District, which held its first graduation in 1960. The first class to graduate from Dulles itself was 1962...

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She currently works as a translator.

External links

• African Writers bio
• African Writers bio (same as above in French with more information)
• zibf site