Levy Patrick Mwanawasa

Amos Malupenga is the Managing Editor of Zambia’s leading newspaper, The Post. He has practised as a journalist for 13 years, 12 of which have been spent at The Post, where he has risen through the ranks. In his career, Amos has extensively covered all the major political and economical players in the country ranging from politics, to their family and personal lives. He has had the opportunity to get up close and personal with Zambia’s second President Frederick Chiluba, his wife Regina and ex-wife Vera, and his successor Levy Mwanawasa with wife Maureen, at least in as far as published works are concerned. Amos was born and lived in Mufulira until the early 1990s when he moved to Lusaka to start his journalism career. His fi rst practice in 1996 was with The Chronicle, an independent weekly tabloid that is now defunct. In 1997, he joined The Post as a junior reporter. A year later, he became senior reporter. Shortly after that, he was promoted to positions of Deputy News Editor, News Editor and Executive Editor until 2005 when he was elevated to the current position. This is his fi rst book.