Mukuka Chipanta
Washington, DC, USA
Mukuka Chipanta is a PMP certified Aerospace Program Manager and Published Author who currently resides in the Washington DC metro area. Mukuka has several degrees in Engineering and Business from the United Kingdom and the USA. One of his proudest professional achievements is having successfully led teams on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft design program. He has traveled widely across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia and he considers himself a global citizen with roots firmly anchored in Zambia, his country of birth.
Mukuka published his debut novel, A Casualty of Power, in October 2016 with Weaver Press. The novel has received worldwide acclaim, winning prizes for ‘Best First Book’, ‘Gold for General College Level Book’ in the USA and is one of only nine books to have been longlisted for the prestigious 9-Mobile Prize for Literature in 2018. His contribution to an anthology of short stories for Makerere Conference of African Literature was published in October 2017.
Mukuka can be contacted at mukukawrites@gmail.com
Created 8 June 2018