Jeannette Balou Tchichelle was a writer from the Republic of the Congo and France. She was born in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. In 1969, she moved to France and lived there with her three sons. In 1989, a publishing company called La Pensée Universelle published her book, Coeur en exil (A Heart in Exile). In the book, she wrote about life in Paris and felt homesick for her home country.