Elizabeth Nyamayaro is an award-winning humanitarian and former United Nations Senior Advisor on Gender Equality. Born in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth has worked at the forefront of global development for over two decades improving the lives of underserved populations and has held leadership roles at the World Bank, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and UN Women. I Am a Girl from Africa is her first book.
'Elizabeth Nyamayaro has written a wonderfully accessible and
moving memoir that masterfully weaves her own story into the
contemporary fight for global gender equity. Traveling with
Nyamayaro - from Tblisi to Montevideo - is both inspiring and
maddening, seeing all that has been accomplished and all that’s
left to do. Somehow, through it all, she manages to maintain an
unwavering optimism - and a belief in the power of NGOs, education,
collaboration, and even (gasp) globalism - that buoys the soul and
reminds us that there’s no progress without progressives, no light
without the torch-bearers.'
*Dave Eggers*
'From the first page to the last, I could not put down this
book. I Am a Girl from Africa is a story that can uplift
and inspire every girl and boy from every part of the world.
Beautifully told, and beautifully lived.'
*Angela Duckworth, author of Grit*
'More than a heartwarming and uplifting memoir, I Am a Girl
from Africa is a story of millions of girls around the world
– and a true testament of what is possible when girls are
given an equal right to quality education. Through Elizabeth’s
remarkable story, we are reminded that education remains a closest
thing to a silver bullet when it comes to gender equality.'
*Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General, UN Women*
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