Prof Claude Wakenge
Socio-psychology attachment to objects mother tongues in the DRC student conflict linguistic repertoires

Bio

Claude Wakenge Malekani is a Professor and researcher at the National Remote Sensing Center in Kinshasa. He is also a Master's student in Psychology at the University of Kinshasa, where he focuses on sociolinguistics and the psychosocial aspects of student behavior in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Educational Journey

University of Kinshasa

Master's degree • Psychology

Experience

National Remote Sensing Center

Researcher

0 - Present

Faculty of Arts

Professor

0 - Present • department of English letters and civilization

Research

On a Multiple Mother Tongues in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The Case of the University of Kinshasa

Article March 25, 2026

The Influence of Mother Tongue(s)on the Learning and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language at Three Universities: The Case of Protestant, Kinshasa and Technological/Bel Campus Universities in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Article February 24, 2026

This paper attempted to assess the  attitudes of students in the use of national and international languages in DRC and to identify the  factors that constitute  linguistic barriers  among Congolese students from three universities (UNIKIN, UPC, and Bel Campus). The study used  a quantitative method for data collection through a questionnaire given to each randomly […]