Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: 1838

  • Kokumo: the child will not die again

    Odia Iyoha Lagos, Nigeria   The Survivor, by Barrister Chikezie Onwumere, (December 2019). Personal Collection. It was 1838 in the ancient town of Ake, the era of the Abikus. The harmattan wind blew with reckless abandon, tinting everything living and non-living along its course. The leaves turned reddish brown from green, the roofs were caked…