Famous People with Name Clementine

Clementine Stoney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clementine Stoney: is a former backstroke swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in thirteenth position in the 200m Backstroke. Stoney won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at th

Jean Marie Okwo-Bele            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Jean Marie Okwo-Bele: is an African poet; she was born in Tshofa, Kabinda District in the Belgian Congo on January 21, 1944. Albert S. Gérard calls her "the first poet of real significance" among a group of African writers who emerged in the late 1960s; she was also the first female writer in the Belgian Congo. She founded the Pléiade du Congo, a literary group in Kinshasa, and headed and helped found the International Centre for African Languages, Literatures and Traditions in favour of Development (CILTADE) at the Catholic University of Louvain. She has made important contributions in the study of Bantu linguistics and oral literature. She is also an award winning author of short stories and poetry.