Small by Small: Becoming a Doctor in 1990s Nigeria - Hardcover

Anya, Ike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1914518098 ISBN 13: 9781914518096

Publisher: Sandstone Press, 2023

Synopsis

‘A small miracle of a book. It entertains with delicious storytelling.’ - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As he works his way through his medical training, Ike Anya’s grandmother reassures him,

Everything worthwhile is achieved small by small.

Ike’s story charts the triumphs and failures of his student days through to his first demanding year as a house officer. A medical memoir unlike any from the West, this is filled with the colour and vibrancy of tempestuous 1990s Nigeria, where political unrest, social change and a worsening economy make a doctor’s life particularly challenging.

‘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.’ -Ellah Wakatama

About this title

About the Author

Ike Anya is a consultant in public health medicine working in Nigeria and the UK, most recently supporting the NHS response to COVID in Scotland. An honorary lecturer in public health at Imperial College, he teaches at Bristol University & the London School of Hygiene & 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 published in The Guardian, Huffington Post, Granta, Catapult & 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, he has an MA in Creative Non-Fiction from UEA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sandstone Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1914518098
• ISBN 13: 9781914518096
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304