Fackson Banda

Fackson Banda was born in 1970 in Lusaka, Zambia. As a boy, he had an immense interest in writing fiction. As a matter of fact, he wrote one or two short stories, which were not published. And that was that. Fast forward to three or so years ago, and he set out on a new adventure with what has become his first novel (Mixed Legacy: Operation Katima Mulilo). To be fair, he has written some non-fiction books, mostly academic. And this may come through this maiden novel as well, but hopefully tempered for the genre. He worked as a broadcast and print journalist and, on the basis of this experience and his scholarly contributions, he was crowned winner of the 'Press Freedom Award' by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). His scholarship, including as a professor of journalism and media studies at Rhodes University resulted in his appointment as a UNESCO Chair for Media and Democracy.