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For the 2017 novel by Danielle Steel, see Against All Odds (novel).
Against All Odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House
Against All Odds - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House
AuthorAnthony Mukwita[1]
SubjectEdgar Lungu[2]
GenreBiography
PublisherPartridge Africa
Publication date
2017
Publication placeZambia
Media typeE-book, print (hardback and paperback), and audiobook
Pages174
ISBN978-1-4828-7724-3 (2017 ed.)

Against All Odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House is a biography of Zambia's President Edgar Lungu by the Zambian journalist and senior diplomat Anthony Mukwita, published by Partridge Africa on 5 January 2017.[3][4][5][6]

The book, written by Zambia's former Deputy Ambassador to Sweden and former Ambassador to Germany, set many records when it became the first Zambian book to go on sale at Barnes & Noble and the first Zambian book on a head of state to be featured in the London Book Fair in Hammersmith.[3][4][7][8][9]

Mukwita previously worked as Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Mail, Zambia's largest daily circulation newspaper, and was a World Bank winner for Best Investigative Journalism in 2012.[6][10][11][12][13][14]

Overview

Author Anthony Mukwita gives President Edgar Lungu a copy of Against All Odds in January 2017.

Against All Odds is written by a first-time writer about Zambia's President Edgar Lungu and his path from an unassuming lawyer and minister to the president of one of the world's leading copper-producing countries.

Editions

  • First, 2017. Partridge Africa .
    • Paperback, 2017. Partridge Africa. (174 pages)
    • Hardback, 2017. Partridge Africa. (174 pages)

References

  1. ^ "'Against All Odds' breaks sales records". 4 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Lungu's Rough Journey to State House goes global". 24 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Against All Odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House". 5 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b Mukwita, Anthony (5 January 2017). "Against All Odds - Paperback (by Anthony Mukwita (Author))". ISBN 978-1482877243.
  5. ^ "Lungu's Rough Journey to State House goes global". 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Mukwita Says Book On Pres. Lungu's Journey To Plot One Selling Like Hot Cake". 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ Mukwita, Anthony (5 January 2016). "Against All Odds: Zambia'S President Edgar Chagwa Lungu'S Rough Journey to State House". ISBN 9781482877250.
  8. ^ "Lungu tie, hat fetch K500,000". 1 May 2017.
  9. ^ "'Against all Odds' impress Kirkus Review magazine". 4 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Anthony Mukwita publishes book about President Lungu's journey to State House". 9 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Against All Odds by Anthony Mukwita". 15 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Against all odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's rough journey to state house (Paperback by Anthony Mukwita)". 5 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Against All Odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House (Hardback - Anthony Mukwita)". 9 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Chanda supports 'Against All Odds'". 13 March 2017.
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