Joceline Clemencia (30 November 1952 ā 30 May 2011) was an Afro-CuraƧaoan writer, linguist, feminist and independence activist.
She agitated for the Creole language spoken in CuraƧao, Papiamento, to become an official language and was successful in the struggle, having created both language schools and texts to further its cultural significance.
She was in favor of full independence of CuraƧao from the Netherlands.