Muene Tshijuka

{{short description|Congolese basketball player}}

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| nationality = Congolese

| sport = Basketball

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|5|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lubumbashi, Zaire

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Muene "Mamissa" Tshijuka (born 12 May 1973) is a Congolese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/muene-tshijuka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/muene-tshijuka-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Muene Tshijuka Olympic Results |accessdate=22 July 2018}} The third of four children, she grew up playing handball in school until a coach recommended she try basketball.{{cite news|url=https://greensboro.com/royalty-odu-stars-are-revered-in-africa/article_16cee7f2-dc80-59af-8a14-a968202fd8a5.html|title=Royalty: ODU stars are revered in Africa|work=News & Record|first=Vicki L.|last=Friedman|date=16 March 1999|access-date=9 July 2022}} She committed to play college basketball for Old Dominion in 1998,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/238223369/|title=Briefs|work=Daily Press|date=18 August 1998|access-date=9 July 2022|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} transferring to Nebraska–Kearney in 2000.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/336381633/|title=M'side|work=Sioux City Journal|date=21 December 2000|access-date=9 July 2022|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}}

Her daughter, Ndjakalenga Mwenetanda, committed to play college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.{{cite news|url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/prep/full-court-press-texas-commit-ndjakalenga-mwenetanda-eyes-a-final-title-at-sioux-falls-washington|title=Full-Court Press: Texas commit Ndjakalenga Mwenetanda eyes a final title at Sioux Falls Washington|work=Mitchell Daily Republic|first=Branden|last=Hull|date=21 February 2022|access-date=9 July 2022}}