THE ZALEWA REPORT

About the Book

Khadija is a teenage girl from a poor background; fate pushes her into a world where money, HIV and survival are inextricably intertwined. Moses is a powerful but superstitious politician who seeks council from a mysterious witchdoctor; he is on the verge of becoming the country’s third president as he locks horns with the West. Graham Fitzgerald is an IMF official who suspects that Malawi could be sitting on vast oil reserves; he is tasked with a mission that will transform this small African country. Fernando is an ex-guerrilla Renamo fighter, a mysterious figure who uses dark arts of war with devastating results and feels he has a duty to protect the prostitutes. Their lives and those of many more are on a collision course with devastating consequences in a story about power, marital infidelities, greed, poverty, love, betrayal, life and death in the aftermath of Malawi’s first multiparty general elections.

About the Author

Rinzi Phoya is an African writer who has lived in Malawi, United States of America and the United Kingdom. Married to his sweetheart, Sandra, he currently teaches Business at a UK college. In his past time, he enjoys writing short stories and has self-published three fiction novels; Makala Amoto: Made in Malawi, Makala Amoto 2: Malawianism and Scent of Deceit. The Zalewa Report is his fourth fiction novel.