Chunga, Florence

Florence Chunga was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia. After graduating from high school, though she had wanted a career in music, she took up Air Traffic Control (ATC) instead. The author chose ATC because her father was strongly against a career in the arts since all the artists he knew barely made enough money to support themselves.

ATC was an all-male profession in Zambia when Chunga joined and some of the men welcomed her presence while others tried to frustrate her progress in every way they could. She worked hard, discovered ATC was an art in its own way and became the first Zambian...