Iris Mwanza

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Iris Mwanza


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Fiction, Thriller, Gay and Lesbian


Iris Mwanza is a Zambian-American author and gender equality advocate. Born and raised in Zambia, early exposure to inequality has been a driving force in her life - from becoming a lawyer, writing a Ph.D. dissertation on women and children’s rights, a career fighting for gender equality, and now a thriller with gender equality as its heart.

Iris has spent an inordinate amount of time studying and has law degrees from Cornell University and the University of Zambia, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Her day job is Deputy Director of the Women in Leadership team in the Gender Equality Division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and her night job is to write. Her ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 493 ratings · 98 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors
The Lions' Den
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“Grace had always found the old priest's inflexibility towards the spirit world baffling. He accepted angels and the Holy Spirit but rejected outright ancestors and any other spirits as pagan superstitions. This seemed illogical to her; either you believed in spirits or you didn't.”
― Iris Mwanza, The Lions' Den
tags: african-authors, african-literature, african-traditional-religion, spirits
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“Grace understood that her job as a lawyer was to bear witness to these atrocities of the past, and to keep telling the truth, the whole truth, so help her God and her ancestors.”
― Iris Mwanza, The Lions' Den
tags: african-authors, african-literature, justice, law, lawyers, truth
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