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A review by blessing_aj
Small by Small : Becoming a Doctor in 1990s Nigeria by Ike Anya
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Haven’t read a medical doctor’s memoir since Ben Carson’s Gifted Hands and that was a long long time ago. But I enjoyed this as much as I did that one, even though this is a very different type of memoir.
In Small by Small, we follow Dr. Ike Anya in his younger years through his childhood, his admission into the University of Nigeria to study Medicine and his housemanship in LUTH.
In addition to its well-written prose, humor and political commentary, I liked that this is a book that shares all the Tea on what it feels like to qualify as a medical doctor in Nigeria. Since I am also an alumni of his Alma mater, albeit for an entirely different discipline, acquired in another era, I could relate to a lot of his University experiences that happened outside the classroom walls.
This book is set in the late 90’s, when Nigeria was still under military dictatorship and the author reflects on a lot as each event unfolds. Much like every honest Nigerian that picks up this book, I think it’s beyond appalling to see how much worse things have gotten even though the country since the transition to democratic rule twenty three years ago.
In Small by Small, we follow Dr. Ike Anya in his younger years through his childhood, his admission into the University of Nigeria to study Medicine and his housemanship in LUTH.
In addition to its well-written prose, humor and political commentary, I liked that this is a book that shares all the Tea on what it feels like to qualify as a medical doctor in Nigeria. Since I am also an alumni of his Alma mater, albeit for an entirely different discipline, acquired in another era, I could relate to a lot of his University experiences that happened outside the classroom walls.
This book is set in the late 90’s, when Nigeria was still under military dictatorship and the author reflects on a lot as each event unfolds. Much like every honest Nigerian that picks up this book, I think it’s beyond appalling to see how much worse things have gotten even though the country since the transition to democratic rule twenty three years ago.