The profiled individuals below appear in the forthcoming book as guest authors bringing an undeniable wealth of experience and wisdom:
ROSAH JOY CHAAVA
Rosah is a Zambian rapper/poet, singer and head fashion designer at her clothing label MUTINTA. Born in Chikankata, Mazabuka and raised in Queenstwon, South Africa. She has been privileged to serve global audiences ministering in song, spoken word and visual arts at conferences, community events and fellowship gatherings including DC Metro Church Plaid Conference, Salvation Army NCV Youth Councils, The Fashion of Goodwill with The Goodwill of Greater Washington and Fashion For the Cure. Rosah holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from The Art Institute of Washington. She lives with her family in the United States of America where she writes, records and designs.
NALUKUI MUTUMWA LUBASI
Nalukui is a writer and motivational/inspirational speaker. She promotes womanhood wholeness and wellness. She is passionate about seeing women completely restored and empowered to live a successful life spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and financially. Nalukui challenges women, young and old, to redefine their value as women and to rise above the cultural pressures which are placed on them. A call to a higher standard of godly womanhood by changing the way you think, act, behave and carry yourself as an extraordinary woman. She is a lawyer by profession and holds a Masters in Human Resource Management from Nottingham Trent University. Born in Livingstone Zambia, Nalukui has spent half of her life in Nottingham United Kingdom where she lives with her parents and two brothers. Nalukui has featured on several radio programs on stations such as ZNBC Radio 4, Radio Christian Voice and QFM. She is a sought after international Speaker and currently working on publishing her first book.
MINIVER OLIVER BWALYA
Miniver is an experienced industrial Research Scientist with over 5 years of service in applied drug discovery laboratories in GlaxoSmithKline and legacy organisations. She received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Leeds graduating with an Upper second class in Medical Science. She is currently working for an international company that specialises in innovative new scientific applications relevant in research and development. She is what she calls an ordinary mess, but her issues are being redeemed for good. She gave up trying to be pigeonholed just to fit in. She found such freedom being who God made her and following Jesus transformed her to be an addicted pusher. She wants everyone to find the satisfying love and acceptance that she’s found. She’s ordinary, but she has purpose. She writes from her less-than-perfect life and she hopes her imperfections can engage, inspire, motivate and influence.
DINIWE MWAMBAZI MWANZA
Diniwe aka Dee2 was born and raised in Zambia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Degree with a double major in Information Systems and International Business from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. After graduating she worked in IT in Perth for a while and then relocated back to Zambia were she currently works as an IT Support Administrator at an Insurance company. In her spare time she enjoys reading inspirational/Christian books, writing music and watching cooking or lifestyle programs. She is passionate about music and spent most of her childhood singing with her sisters although neither of them have any albums yet. She currently resides in Lusaka with her husband who is also a well known Christian rapper going by the aka Rizen Rizon. One of her favorite quotes is by Martin Luther King Jnr “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
ROSEMARY ZULU PHIRI
Rosemary is a Public Health Professional currently working for a health research organization in Lusaka Zambia. She has over ten years of extensive experience in international youth-led development, advocacy, HIV and AIDS, gender and most currently health research. She is a youth minister and recording artist under the alias RedRose whose album ‘ACCESS CODE’ debuted in June 2012 as the first official full length hiphop album by a Zambian female hiphop artist. She is married to author and fellow artist GabbyGP. She is co-founder of a media and marketing firm called YEKEN Promotions Limited and also a co-founder of The Holy Hip Hop Clique movement which uses Christ centered hip hop art forms to evangelize and mentor young artists to become effective leaders in their giftings. Her passion is to impact her generation with the liberating truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and effect a lasting impact on everyone that she encounters within her sphere of influence. She loves to mentor and disciple young girls in her network and is actively involved in the work of SET-APART Girls International led by Pastor Gladys F. Paswani. She holds a Diploma in Social Work and a certificate in Gender & Development from the University of Zambia and Birbeck University in England respectively. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Public Health at the University of Lusaka.