Allah is not Obliged

Ahmadou Kourouma wanted the title of the story to be like -Allah is not oblighed to be fair about all the things he does here on earth. and sometimes he is right .

Birahima is 10 year and he is a child soldier fighting his way through sierra leone , Liberia, and all the _ucked up places in Africa. Gnamokodé! Walahe! . The novel is stark revelation of what africa is going thru, its geopolitical mess and its muli million conflict economical travesty.

In search of his aunt, birahima lives his village after the death of his beloved maman. Yacoube, the money multiplier turned GrigGrigman , takes the little brihama to his destination but only reaching his final destination a little late. hoppin from one gang to another and fighting for someone who doesnt stands with you just for some hash and few american dollars or a bottle of petrol, the novel depicts the silenced life of people of africa from a childs point of view.

If you have a strong heart, read it.

A surgeon's Rhyme

This one is not a novel but a memoir by a surgeon. Dr barry says his life as a general physcian, as a psychartist, as a peadeatric and as a surgeon.

The opening page starts with the college from he passed. He tells you the pain, the happiness , the anxiety and perils of being a doctor. one is amused when he tell you all these because i happened to believe a doctors were not human. Not knowing who is sitting in opposite to you, Dr barry tells you innumerable stories that stranger talks to him in personal .Between the lines you could smell some wounds still open but tried to be hidden in the best way one could.

Dr barry's memoir, i count as a must read, not because its memoir (huh!) but it tell you the other side of the picture- that of doctor's!