The Bee Chase

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Death. Poverty. Rejection. Traitors. Udenka faces countless hurdles as he grows up and tries to become a doctor in Nigeria. Despite all he has been through, one specific memory from his childhood is forever etched in his mind: The Bee Chase.

Autorenportrait

Dr. John Anakwenze was born in Okwe, Nigeria in the early forties. His father, a head teacher, died when John was very young. He struggled badly in the early part of his education but eventually won a scholarship to study medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Lagos in Nigeria. His medical training was interrupted by the Nigerian Civil War. He qualified as a doctor in 1973 and was employed as a junior doctor in Enugu Specialist Hospital, Nigeria from 1973-1976 before going to United Kingdom for postgraduate studies on East Central State Government Scholarship. He went back to Nigeria in 1985 and lectured in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Nigeria teaching hospital from 1985-1990. In 1990, John moved back to the UK. He is currently working in NHS Hospitals as a Locum Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine. He is married with seven children and enjoys reading and traveling in his spare time.

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