Francisca Mandeya

Francisca Mandeya affectionately known as Franzi also Ndaiziweyi, was born in violent colonial Zimbabwe, (then Rhodesia) in Mashonaland East, Wedza. She now lives in Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic and has been there for nearly a decade. Her strong sense of justice and commitment to equality has resulted in her releasing her second book, Searching for Racial Equality. Her Social Enterprise Mothers United is a member of Equal Futures Canada. Nunavut Qulliit Status of Women awarded her two gender equality prizes in 2015 and in 2019 she attended Women Deliver Conference. Francisca Mandeya is a mother, wife, sibling, aunt, educator, activist, certified coach and mental fitness trainer, speaker and mbira player.