She studied Political Science and International Relations at the Université libre de Bruxelles.
[citation needed] In 1982, after graduation, until 1987, Félix-Tchicaya worked at the Congolese Ministry of Cooperation and Development.
[4] During the 1990s, she lived in Dakar, Senegal, and worked as a trade consultant to the government of the Republic of the Congo.
[5] Félix-Tchicaya has written two books: Lumière de femme is a novel about a young woman finding her place in Congolese society and draws on the authors life; Les mamelons de Jaman is the first volume of her autobiography.
[6] Félix-Tchicaya's literary work is seen as part of a canon of post-colonial Congolese novels,[7][8] which address politics and corruption.