* Her memoir that recounts her conversion from Islam to Christianity, facing family disownment, homelessness, and persecution
* While discovering faith and resilience in tackling storms of life head-on and coming out best on the other side
By Duncan Mlanjira
Favour Umar’s second book, ‘Best in the Worst’, is now available on Amazon — her memoir that recounts her conversion from Islam to Christianity, facing family disownment, homelessness, and persecution, while discovering faith and resilience.
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It inspires young minds on how they can tackle their storms of life head-on and coming out best on the other side.
When unveiling the book in 2023, highlighted that some people give up in their worst moments and they don’t fight back their worst until the worst swallows them”.
“So, the best in the worst is about walking on the storms and coming out safely on the other side in a much better form.
“It’s my real-life story and in it I have featured[performing artists] Faith Mussa, Thoko Suya among others, sharing their lives’ experiences,” she had said.
The holder of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Communication — obtained from the Malawi University of Business & Applied Science (MUBAS) in 2022 — did her primary school education at Mpakata from standard 1 to 3 before relocating to to Lilongwe where she completed Standard 8 Nkhumula Primary School before being selected to Chipasula Secondary School
She said during her spell at MUBAS, she used to write inspirational posts on social media until she was inspired by an admirer to consider writing a book for her ideas to benefit the next generation.
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