[[4][5][6]]The book, written by Zambia's Deputy Ambassador to Sweden, 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.[[4][9][10][11]]
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][13][14][15][16][17]
Overview
Against All Odds is written by a first-time writer about Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his path from an unassuming lawyer and minister to the president of one the world's leading copper-producing countries.
Editions
- First, 2017. Partridge Africa .
- Paperback, 2017. Partridge Africa. (174 pages)
- Hardback, 2017. Partridge Africa. (174 pages)
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1. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Against All Odds - Paperback (by Anthony Mukwita (Author))| url=https://www.amazon.com/Against-All-Odds-Anthony-Mukwita/dp/1482877244 |date=5 January 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=‘Against All Odds’ Edgar Lungu book authored by Deputy Ambassador Zambia to Sweden Anthony Mukwita sells on Amazon.| url=http://zambiabusinesstimes.com/2017/01/12/against-all-odds-edgar-lungu-book-authored-by-deputy-ambassador-for-zambia-to-sweden-mukwita/ |date=17 January 2017}}
3. ^1 {{cite news |title=Anthony Mukwita publishes book about President Lungu’s journey to State House.| url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/01/09/anthony-mukwita-publishes-book-president-lungus-journey-state-house/ |date=9 January 2017}}
4. ^1 {{cite news |title=Against All Odds by Anthony Mukwita| url=https://www.bookworldzambia.com/shop/books/featured-books/odds-anthony-mukwita/ |date=15 March 2017}}
5. ^1 {{cite news |title= Against all odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's rough journey to state house (Paperback by Anthony Mukwita)| url=https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/against-all-odds-zambias-president/9781482877243-item.html |date=5 January 2017}}
6. ^1 {{cite news |title=Against All Odds: Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House (Hardback - Anthony Mukwita) | url=http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biography/against-all-odds-zambias-president,anthony-mukwita-9781482877267 |date=9 January 2017}}
7. ^1 {{cite news |title=Lungu's Rough Journey to State House goes global| url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/lungus-rough-journey-to-state-house-goes-global/ |date=9 January 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=Against All Odds - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu's Rough Journey to State House (Reviewed by Ella Vincent )|url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/against-all-odds/|date=3 April 2017}}
9. ^1 {{cite news |title=Against All Odds: Zambia’S President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’S Rough Journey to State House |url=https://books.google.co.zm/books/about/Against_All_Odds.html?id=tMPkDQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y |date=5 January 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news |title=Mukwita Pens Pres. Lungu’s Biography |url=https://zambiareports.com/2017/01/09/mukwita-pens-pres-lungus-biography/|date=5 January 2017}}
11. ^1 {{cite news |title=Lungu tie, hat fetch K500,000 |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/__trashed/|date=1 May 2017}}
12. ^1 {{cite news |title=Lungu's Rough Journey to State House goes global |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/against-all-odds-scores-in-kenya/ |date=24 January 2017}}
13. ^1 {{cite news |title=‘Against all Odds’ impress Kirkus Review magazine |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/against-all-odds-scores-in-kenya/|date=4 May 2017}}
14. ^1 {{cite news |title=‘Against All Odds’ breaks sales records |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/against-all-odds-breaks-sales-records/|date=4 May 2017}}
15. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Mukwita Says Book On Pres. Lungu’s Journey To Plot One Selling Like Hot Cake |url=https://zambiareports.com/2017/03/11/mukwita-says-book-pres-lungus-journey-plot-one-selling-like-hot-cake/|date=11 March 2017}}
16. ^{{cite news |title=‘Against All Odds’ makes history |url=http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=50714|date=20 March 2017}}
17. ^1 {{cite news |title=Chanda supports ‘Against All Odds’ |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=94247|date=13 March 2017}}