The Odyssey of My Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781399911764)

Rev. Josephat Chaponda Banda, born on the 14th of May 1941 at Kimberley Mine in Bindura, Zimbabwe. He is a teacher by profession and a Minister of Religion by divine vocation. He has served as an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church in Mrewa, Mutoko, Masvingo and Bulawayo-Midlands Districts of the Zimbabwe West Annual Conference (1978 - 2004). He also served the UK Mission Area of the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church (2005 - 2020). Rev. Banda retired from the active ministry on the 31st March 2020.

He holds the following academic qualifications: B.A. (Hons) (University of Zimbabwe); B.Th. (University of South Africa); Dip. in Theology (Epworth Theological College); and Cert. in Education (Hartzell Teachers' Training College), Mutare, Zimbabwe.