Scholastique Dianzinga

[1] She graduated from University of Paris-VII in 1998 with a PhD entitled Les femmes congolaises du début de la colonisation à 1960; her supervisor was Christian Desplat [fr].

[3][1] As of 2025[update] she is Professor of Contemporary History at the Higher School of Management and Business Administration (ESGEA).

[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.

[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 [fr].