Lessons: Book Series [Preorder – Coming July 2026]
When I was a student at the University of Malawi, my classmates would often say, “You’re going to work for the UN.” It was meant as a compliment—an affirmation of brilliance. But at the time, I didn’t even know what that meant.
Traversing Your Terrible Twenties
In Traversing Your Terrible Twenties, Nthanda reflects on her twenties with honesty, vulnerability, and wisdom. From love and loss, to career choices, family, faith, success, and forgiveness — each chapter distills the joy and heartbreak of a decade into lessons that will resonate far beyond it.
Feminine Silence
Feminine Silence is part memoir, part manifesto, part love letter to the women and men who have shaped me. Across its chapters, I explore what it means to lead as “the first,” why meritocracy is not enough, how culture shapes womanhood, and what it will take to build futures that are truly unbound.
Lessons
After over a decade working across public, nonprofit, and multilateral systems — from the grassroots to the United Nations Headquarters — I’ve come to understand that development is rarely about what we do. It’s about how we think. And whom we center.
