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A review by aish_dols
Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks
5.0
"A courtroom is a place of innuendo, half-truths, smoke and mirrors, and sometimes, magic."
Tribalism. Law. Oil bunkering/Oil Spillage. Love. Kidnapping. Faith/Religion. Police/Soldier Brutality. PTSD from the Biafra war. The Nigerian Civil War. Rape. Murder. Info on Slave Trade. Now let us move to, Friendship, Infertility, Marriage, Prostitution, Corruption & Politics. Chimeka Garricks mixed all of this excellently in his debut book.
Doye, Tubo, Kaniye, and Amaibi are now men, their childhood friendship shivers but still binds them regardless of the paths they've taken. Doye, now a militant and the antihero in this story would put Amaibi, a University professor in freaking trouble thanks to the mixed race, Tubo, who is 'amoral' and carefree as long as he has his job at Imperial Oil Company. Amaibi would have to be defended by the humorous but attractive and intelligent Kaniye.
This book ticked all my boxes. My heart broke in many places. When I found out why Amaibi & Dise separated and their traumas I was extremely devastated at the incident that shook them! Chimeka wrote about the oil explosion that happened in the Niger Delta in Nigeria which took many lives and turned thoughts upside down. This would be one of the main triggers which made Doye, become a militant after losing his brother to the explosion, he would later suffer another loss thanks to the brutality of northern soldiers, this brewed his hate more for Oil Companies, the Hausas and Yorubas. He would fight for the people of Asiama even if he mostly fights for himself and what he has lost.
Kaniye is. . .damn! His defense skills, cooking skills, sense of humour and the fact that he had to defend Amaibi who got involved in a dirty 'Kidnapping an expatriate gone wrong' mess thanks to Doye, after he hadn't practised for years warmed me. Amaibi and Kaniye's lives are connected in many ways with the crazy intimidating Doye and annoyingly hilarious Tubo's. I liked the present and past revelation of their lives and history.
The courtroom cases were not boring in any freaking way. I love this book so hard. Don't be unjust by not reading it abeg.
Tribalism. Law. Oil bunkering/Oil Spillage. Love. Kidnapping. Faith/Religion. Police/Soldier Brutality. PTSD from the Biafra war. The Nigerian Civil War. Rape. Murder. Info on Slave Trade. Now let us move to, Friendship, Infertility, Marriage, Prostitution, Corruption & Politics. Chimeka Garricks mixed all of this excellently in his debut book.
Doye, Tubo, Kaniye, and Amaibi are now men, their childhood friendship shivers but still binds them regardless of the paths they've taken. Doye, now a militant and the antihero in this story would put Amaibi, a University professor in freaking trouble thanks to the mixed race, Tubo, who is 'amoral' and carefree as long as he has his job at Imperial Oil Company. Amaibi would have to be defended by the humorous but attractive and intelligent Kaniye.
This book ticked all my boxes. My heart broke in many places. When I found out why Amaibi & Dise separated and their traumas I was extremely devastated at the incident that shook them! Chimeka wrote about the oil explosion that happened in the Niger Delta in Nigeria which took many lives and turned thoughts upside down. This would be one of the main triggers which made Doye, become a militant after losing his brother to the explosion, he would later suffer another loss thanks to the brutality of northern soldiers, this brewed his hate more for Oil Companies, the Hausas and Yorubas. He would fight for the people of Asiama even if he mostly fights for himself and what he has lost.
Kaniye is. . .damn! His defense skills, cooking skills, sense of humour and the fact that he had to defend Amaibi who got involved in a dirty 'Kidnapping an expatriate gone wrong' mess thanks to Doye, after he hadn't practised for years warmed me. Amaibi and Kaniye's lives are connected in many ways with the crazy intimidating Doye and annoyingly hilarious Tubo's. I liked the present and past revelation of their lives and history.
The courtroom cases were not boring in any freaking way. I love this book so hard. Don't be unjust by not reading it abeg.