Lily Mubitana Monze

Lily Mubitana Monze was one of the first three Zambian women to obtain a university degree in the then Northern Rhodesia, prior to Zambia's Independence in 1964. She has served as a teacher, member of parliament, minister of state, Hansard editor, provincial political secretary and ambassador. She was an active member of the women's movement in Zambia and is currently a writer of African folk stories, particularly those with appeal to girls.