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Unyielding Strength: A Story of Resilience
Also known as Unyielding Strength & Resilience
A memoir by Sandra B. Zaca about forced displacement from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and rebuilding life in South Africa; its precise Dzaleka chronology remains under review.
This entry preserves verified historical information, but a recent primary source has not confirmed every current operational detail.
Public record
Sandra B. Zaca is publicly identified as the author of Unyielding Strength: A Story of Resilience. Bookseller and social-catalog records list two editions, while a self-publishing consultancy lists the title among its completed book projects. The marketplace uses the shorter title Unyielding Strength & Resilience.
SABC News independently records that Zaca left the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arrived in South Africa as a refugee in 1995. Her current professional work includes speaking and strategy coaching.
Dzaleka connection under review
The Dzaleka marketplace description states that the memoir covers a journey through Dzaleka before life was rebuilt in South Africa. The other public sources reviewed for this entry do not name Dzaleka or provide a dated route through Malawi.
That does not establish that the marketplace account is wrong, but it is not enough to present the chronology as independently verified. A future review should seek the book’s copyright page, publisher record, author interview, or another primary source that names Dzaleka and dates the stay.
Bibliographic gap
An ISBN-10 of 103701717X is attached to the listed paperback. Public catalogues reviewed in July 2026 did not provide a consistent publication date, publisher, or page count. Those fields remain intentionally blank.
References
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- 3Calls for all nations to receive and host refugees as part of UN family
SABC News, 23 June 2022
Independent record of Zaca's displacement from the DRC and arrival in South Africa in 1995.
- 4Unyielding Strength & Resilience
Dzaleka Online Services Marketplace
Local marketplace record associating the memoir with Dzaleka.
Related entries
Place
Dzaleka Refugee Camp
A long-established refugee settlement in Dowa District, Malawi, opened in 1994 and now home to a large, multilingual community from the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.
History
History of Dzaleka
How Dzaleka developed from a camp opened in 1994 into Malawi's principal refugee settlement, including the consolidation of residents from Luwani and decades of population growth.
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