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challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
This book is a really vivid and powerful memoir about Ike becoming a doctor in the late 80s, early 90s in Nigeria. The worldbuilding and writing is very inviting and sucks you in. He paints such vivid pictures of Lagos, Enugu and Nsukka.
Interspercing the English text with some Igbo sayings and sentences. The title comes from 'Okwa m da ezi unu, ife du m bu nkenta nke nta.'
Indeed she always does tell us that everything worthwhile is achieved little by little, in small incremental steps. Small by small, like inch by inch, mile by mile.
It was very informative on how medical school and hospitals ran and I learned a lot. Interweaving politics which affected him and his country was done is a very balanced and nuanced way.
He talks about his love of reading fiction, and the way he writes absolutely shows that. I recommend this book to anyone, but specifically people in the medical field around the world. It’s good to get a look and another perspective.
Thanks to NetGalley for the earc.
Interspercing the English text with some Igbo sayings and sentences. The title comes from 'Okwa m da ezi unu, ife du m bu nkenta nke nta.'
Indeed she always does tell us that everything worthwhile is achieved little by little, in small incremental steps. Small by small, like inch by inch, mile by mile.
It was very informative on how medical school and hospitals ran and I learned a lot. Interweaving politics which affected him and his country was done is a very balanced and nuanced way.
He talks about his love of reading fiction, and the way he writes absolutely shows that. I recommend this book to anyone, but specifically people in the medical field around the world. It’s good to get a look and another perspective.
Thanks to NetGalley for the earc.
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