In the true story Crossroads and Courage, a young Nigerian who left school to become a doctor ends up working in a foreign hospital, studying during a Ukrainian air raid, and taking anatomy classes in an environment that smells like formaldehyde. Through the border trains, the gloomy wards, and a reexamination of the patients' pasts, he learns that resilience is a thousand small decisions to continue rather than a single heroic deed. This memoir chronicles his journey to transform scepticism into meaning, alienation into home, education into action, and the final leap towards becoming a resident with more confident hands and a new heart of anything. It includes sensory details, straightforward reflections, and bare pictures.
Nigerian physician Dr. Adetoye Dotun followed a unique path to medicine. At the Federal University of Technology in Akure, he first pursued an engineering degree. While Ukraine was at war and he had to deal with the chaos, he left engineering to pursue a medical degree there. His life experiences such as fleeing across borders, studying under sirens, and helping in war-damaged clinics have impacted his writing and artistic output. Dr Adetoye has a strong interest in resilience, global health, and human welfare. View all by Stephen Adetoye
