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A review by mpr2000
In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo
4.0
This had been an intense and different read.
When I was young I wanted to be a microbiologist, so reading about infectious diseases always interested me. Ebola is one of the most scariest illnesses that humanity is fighting right now. There is no vaccine and since it is only affecting to Africa, it looks like the rich countries are not interested in creating a vaccine. Covid was discovered almost 2 years ago and there are almost 5 working vaccines, how is it possible that there’s not one for Ebola? It’s much more dangerous and has been cohabiting with us for much longer than that. Really, what are we waiting to invest in this illness?
The story is told in short chapters and with different voices explaining the Ebola outbreak between 2014 and 2016. Let’s be honest, this is not an easy read, I don’t think everyone is really aware of how dangerous this virus is. We are living in a pandemic right now, so it’s not difficult to feel connected with all the characters and the fear/pain/doubts they are having.
What attracted me most is the view from the Baobab tree, the environmental view, how it sees everything and is impossible to stop the human damage but aware of how endangered the world we are living is.
This is a short story, but believe me, not a light read, but a good way to spread some information in a philosophical way, to make the reader aware that we are not living alone in this world.
Are you ready for “The Company of Men”?
When I was young I wanted to be a microbiologist, so reading about infectious diseases always interested me. Ebola is one of the most scariest illnesses that humanity is fighting right now. There is no vaccine and since it is only affecting to Africa, it looks like the rich countries are not interested in creating a vaccine. Covid was discovered almost 2 years ago and there are almost 5 working vaccines, how is it possible that there’s not one for Ebola? It’s much more dangerous and has been cohabiting with us for much longer than that. Really, what are we waiting to invest in this illness?
The story is told in short chapters and with different voices explaining the Ebola outbreak between 2014 and 2016. Let’s be honest, this is not an easy read, I don’t think everyone is really aware of how dangerous this virus is. We are living in a pandemic right now, so it’s not difficult to feel connected with all the characters and the fear/pain/doubts they are having.
What attracted me most is the view from the Baobab tree, the environmental view, how it sees everything and is impossible to stop the human damage but aware of how endangered the world we are living is.
This is a short story, but believe me, not a light read, but a good way to spread some information in a philosophical way, to make the reader aware that we are not living alone in this world.
Are you ready for “The Company of Men”?