User:Mungomba

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Hi! My name is Mungomba K. Mungomba. I was born in southern Zambia in 1961 but lived all over the country (my dad was a civil servant who kept on being transferred from town to town). Our wanderings took me to the following locations in Zambia: Monze, Namushakendi (near Mongu), Katete, Kitwe, Lusaka, Mongu, and Chipata.

After my primary schooling I was cut loose from dad's wanderings, when I went to boarding school at Hillcrest Secondary School in Livingstone. I got kicked out of Hillcrest for misdeeds (that shall remain unnamed) and was transferred to Chipepo Secondary School, on the shores of Lake Kariba. I got kicked out of Chipepo after one term and had to continue my studies on my own. I moved (with my mother) to Lusaka and managed to get 3 GCE 'O' levels (English, Maths, Commerce), on the strength of which I got a job as a lab assistant in the Chemistry Department at the University of Zambia. While working, I enrolled with International Correspondence Schools and studied for my 'O' levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography and Technical Drawing.

My grades were good enough for me to be granted a Zambian government bursary to pursue a 4-years-long BSc degree course in chemistry at the University of Zambia. During my 3rd year I was awarded a Staff Development Fellowship by the University of Zambia (which was the first step towards becoming a lecturer).

After my BSc, I applied for (and narrowly missed) a Rhodes Scholarship. As consolation, I was offered and accepted a British Council Fellowship to pursue a 1-year-long MSc in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Salford. I followed that up by securing a Cambridge Livingstone Trust Scholarship to study for a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. I dropped out of that study programme due to "depression" and went back to teach at the University of Zambia.

I was given another chance to work towards a PhD through a University of Zambia scholarship. This time I enrolled at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Once again I had to drop out due to "depression". Since then I've not pursued any further academic qualifications and have lived a relatively quiet life in Manchester.