Maguy Kabamba

Maguy (Margaret) Rashidi Kabamba (born August 3, 1960) is a writer and translator from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has a B.A. specialized in Translation from York University, Toronto, Canada and a M.A. with major French, minor Spanish from Saint-Louis University, St. Louis, MO. 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.[1] Her second book is titled La réponse, another novel where she paints a picture of the current Congolese society.

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

She currently works as a translator. This is an article by Patrick Gillepsie on translators. http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20140830-translating-into-high-dollar-jobs.ece. You can read her article on translating for the mining industry here: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1f4607910e4a33afe96809be4&id=9a2f684348

Notes

  1. ↑ Koser, Khalid (2003). New African Diasporas. Psychology Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-415-30949-3.

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