Sophie is the ninth of eleven children born to Sarah Musanda, and the third of the five children born to Sarah and her second husband Daniel Chifuwe. She was born in Mukwela, a small suburban town in Zambia. At eight, she moved to Choma, where she completed both her primary and secondary school education before gaining entry to the University of Zambia College of Agriculture, NRDC. In 1988, the British Council offered Sophie a scholarship to study for a postgraduate diploma and a master’s degree in agricultural extension. She is married with four children and two grandchildren.
Nothing could have prepared me for what I was going to discover during my mother’s funeral. The level of trepidation I felt as I drew closer to my destination was held at bay only by the knowledge that my only surviving sister, Elizabeth, would be there with me, to keep each other company, and to ...
