Book review IN HER MIND
‘IN HER MIND’ is an inspiring story of a young teenage girl growing into adulthood,an average girl from a middle class northern family,who got exposed to the western world pretty early,here as culture and tradition preceeds and made life complicated,young malika tried her best to strike a balance between her religious life and her western life,being a muslim,trying to fit in as much as she can in her two worlds, as time passses by malika was at crossroads making life threatening decisions as she also had to deal with the trauma of growing up in a polygamous family,IN HER MIND’ also brings to light the plight of young people in the present society,while exposing the real dangers and challenges young people face.either from peer pressure,sexual asssault and exploitation,the trauma from a broken home and generally the uncertainties of life,how far can they stand the pressure and how smart can they be to take on life and all possibilities and responsibilities it has to offer,how strong our faith is and how accountable can we be to the choices we make,how far or to what extent we can uphold our cultural values and maintain the good virtues that nature and family expects us to inculcate...as young maleeka understood the essence of life,even in her melancholy she strived to be better,she strived to prove to the society she was brought up in that her exposure didnt bring out the worst in her rather she understood the dividends of a greater life and understood that vanity and material things are not themost important things in life,she tried to have a normal life,find love,find something she truly believes in without worrying about what the society expects from an average hausa girl, a girl who choosed to be prominent and acquire education versely in the religious and western way it made her overcome every situation as she mingles with the world her faith still remained intact,never for once has she thought to abjure her faith infact it was the one thing that kept her going,in her mind.malika was dynamic and flamboyant in her way,i hope when you get to read read this book you can pick out something or perhaps serve as a guideline to million growing girls............this is just a whisper of what its ‘in her mind’ coming soon..
BY Habibah adamu abdullahi
'in her mind' yes indeed! From the preview I can hint that the book is written solely on the authors view of life and experiences. Pretty intriguing to me is a 'malo girl' finally admitting to the western world with her cultures/beliefs and then religion, well being into civilization I long anticipated this. And then finally I'm sure the book will sure make waves bringing it from the authors angle.
ReplyDeleteThis is a right move in a right direction. Most authors write a book more often to narrate a life story experienced by them or people closer to them. Knowing the author very well and couple with one on one talks we had, Habiba is young smart lady who think ahead of her age mates. Her exposures right from childhood when she was part of children parliament, through the time when she has to leave very complex but dynamic Abuja society to one of African nation, makes her qualified to talk on African culture. I cannot wait to read from the writer! I can't wait to read from a book that will definitely serve as a mirror to other young growing girls.
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