Ike Anya is a consultant in public health medicine working in Nigeria and the UK. An honorary lecturer in public health at Imperial College, he teaches at Bristol University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. A 2007 TED Global Fellow, he co-founded Nigeria Health Watch, EpiAfric, TEDxEuston and the Abuja Literary Society. He is an advisory council member of the AKO Caine Prize and has published in The Guardian, Huffington Post, Granta, Catapult, and Eclectica and in the anthology of essays by Nigerian writers on Nigeria: Of This Our Country. Co-editor of The Weaverbird Collection of new Nigerian writing, Ike has an MA in creative non-fiction from UEA.
A small miracle of a book. It entertains with delicious
storytelling, and leaves us feeling moved and satisfied, and all in
a beautifully unhurried way.
An uplifting story of hope and ambition vividly recalled. Filled
with fascinating characters and insights.
I raced to the end of this richly evocative memoir of the
challenges of training as a doctor in 90s Nigeria. It’s a good
corrective to This is Going to Hurt.
A marvellously rich and lucid account of a doctor’s journey,
clear-eyed and compassionate.
Anya’s wit is sharp, his humour gentle and his insights are so
clearly based on an abounding curiosity and a deeply held
compassion for his fellow humans.
Beautifully told.
A rich, alive and warm masterpiece.
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