Shaje Tshiluila Explained

Josette Shaje a Tshiluila (born 1949) is an anthropologist and museum executive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]

Life

Tshiluila was born on 5 March 1949 in Likasi, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). She was educated at Albert I College, Kinshasa, and at Lovanium University and the University of Lubumbashi. In 1974 she married Babi-Banga N'Sampuka.^[1]

In 1973 Tshiluila joined the Institut des Musées nationaux du Zaïre. She was Head of the Traditional Art Section from 1983 to 1986, and appointed Deputy Director-General in 1987. In 1986 she became the Director of the Kinshasa Museum. In 1990 she was made a Professor at the University of Kinshasa.^[1]

Works

• Inventorying movable cultural property : National Museum Institute of Zaire . Museum . 39 . 1 . 1987 . 50–1. 10.1111/j.1468-0033.1987.tb00666.x . Tshiluila . Shaje .
• 'Cultural Heritage in Zaire : towards Museums for Development'. 1995.
• 'Le trafic illicite', in Caroline Gaultier-Kurhan, ed., Patrimoine culturel africain, 2001, pp. 299–319
• 'An African view of ethnographic collections in Europe and Africa'. 2002
• 'The sacred forests of the Bakongos', in Nature and culture in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pp. 112–117

Notes and References

1. Book: Elizabeth Sleeman. The International Who's Who of Women 2002. https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA582. 2001. Psychology Press. 978-1-85743-122-3. 582–3. Tshiluila, Josette Shaje.