External links
- Socialismes en Afrique 1/2 : Congo-Brazzaville + Éthiopie (interview in French)
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Scholastique Dianzinga | |
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| Born | Brazzaville |
| Nationality | Congolese |
| Citizenship | Republic of Congo |
| Known for | Writing women's history in the Republic of Congo |
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| Alma mater | University of Paris-VII |
| Thesis | Les femmes congolaises du début de la colonisation à 1960 (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Christian Desplat |
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| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Women's history |
| Institutions | Marien Ngouabi University Higher School of Management and Business Administration (ESGEA) |
Scholastique Dianzinga is a historian from the Republic of Congo,who specialises in women's history. As of 2025 she is Professor of Contemporary History at the Higher School of Management and Business Administration (ESGEA). She is recognised as one of the highest ranking woman historians in Africa and has campaigned for greater recognition of women in Africa,both in historical research and in public monuments.
Dianzinga was born in Brazzaville. [1] She graduated from University of Paris-VII in 1998 with a PhD entitled Les femmes congolaises du début de la colonisation à1960; her supervisor was Christian Desplat . [2] [1] By 2019 she was lecturer at Marien Ngouabi University,and has since retired. [3] [1] As of 2025 [update] she is Professor of Contemporary History at the Higher School of Management and Business Administration (ESGEA). [4]
Specialising in women's history, [3] in her introduction to Djiha by Gabriel Entcha-Ebia,Dianzinga described how the play questioned women's futures. [5] Dianzinga's other works focussed on the history of education, [6] the Catholic church, [7] HIV/AIDS in Congo, [8] the lives of Jane Vialle and Hélène Bouboutou, [9] Alice Badiangana and Marie Gamavelle, [10] amongst other subjects. She edited,with Jeanne Dambendzet,the volume La place et le rôle des femmes dans la sociétécongolaise,1960-2010, which also included contributions from Thereze Gamassa and others. [11] It recorded the history of women in the Republic of Congo since independence and broached ideas about why women's emancipation has been hindered. [11] She has campaigned for greater recognition of women in Africa,both in historical research and in public monuments,citing memorials to Kimpa Vita and Nijinga as progress in this regard. [12]
Dianzinga is recognised as the highest ranking woman historian in Africa,alongside Virginie Wanyaka Bonguen Oyongmen . [13]
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