DO you have a degree but don’t have a job? Well, you are not alone. 22-year-old Emmanuel Eliuter Sanga had to cross borders to make a living for himself, but as a nail technician. Emmanuel is one of the several men you would hear shouting in Lusaka’s busy Kamwala market that, “Sister ma nails, lashes, eyebrow shaping”. Walking through the streets of Kamwala market and interacting with the male nail technicians, you would notice that most of them are foreigners. In fact, only one out of five male technicians you meet would be a Zambian national. To this, Emmanuel argues that most Zambian men are lazy, while some would much rather nurse a beer bottle than finding means to make...

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