Samba Yonga | |
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| Born | Lusaka |
| Nationality | Zambian |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, media consultant |
| Notable work | Creation of Zambia's Museum of Women's History |
Samba Yonga is a Zambian journalist and media consultant. She has worked a long time as editor for Big Issue Zambia and has written for several other publications. Yonga is the founder of Ku-Atenga Media, a media consultancy firm and was named one of Destiny's "Power of 40" most influential women in Africa in 2017.
Samba Yonga first became interested in journalism after she won a prize for a short story she had written. [1] She attended college and whilst there worked part-time for a local newspaper. [1] After graduation Yonga found work developing ideas for TV and radio programmes. [2] She was then appointed to run the relaunched Trendsetters youth magazine. [1] Yonga has also written for Okay Africa magazine and The Guardian . [3] [4] Yonga was editorial director of The Big Issue Zambia magazine, which was launched by the International Network of Street Papers in 2007. [1] The magazine was published in six countries and Yonga travelled frequently to visit these. [2]
Yonga established a media consultancy company, Ku-Atenga Media, from the word for "to create" in Luvale, her native language. [2] Shortly afterwards, she left Zambia to study for a master's degree in global media and translation communication at the University of London. [2] Upon her return, she began to expand Ku-Atenga, providing consultancy services on communications strategy. The company now carries out work for local and international clients, including the Zambian government, European Union and the United Nations. [5]
Yonga began the Narratives of Silenced Voices to research and publish the stories of African women from history. [5] [6] The project was run in conjunction with the Kvinnohistoriskt museum , a women's history museum in Sweden, and Zambian activist Mulenga Kapwepwe. [6] Yonga developed the project into the Zambian Museum of Women's History, initially as an online-only offering but with a view to having a physical location to allow display of artefacts collected by the project. [6] The Women's History Museum of Zambia [7] has worked with Swedish ethnographers to facilitate the digital repatriation of Zambian cultural objects and artefacts [8] .
Yonga writes a blog on WordPress. [9] She was named one of Destiny's "Power of 40" most influential women in Africa of 2017. [5]
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