Author Decries Hardship In Nigeria

An author, Benison Christopher, has expressed concerns implicit the worsening economical concern successful the country.

The writer confronted socioeconomic challenges successful her caller book, “A Place Without Heroes,” a postulation of abbreviated stories that offers anticipation and courageousness to those trapped successful cycles of hardship.
The book, which was launched successful Lagos, highlighted issues specified arsenic economical hardship, aesculapian negligence, sex bias, heartbreak and taste prejudice, peculiarly against the pistillate child. Through fictional yet relatable characters, Christopher mirrors the regular struggles and quiescent resilience of mean Nigerians.

One of the standout stories, ‘The Riverbank’, draws connected the author’s idiosyncratic acquisition of childbirth to exposure the grim realities of aesculapian neglect successful nationalist hospitals. It besides explores taste practices that spot a higher worth connected antheral children, leaving women to carnivore disproportionate burdens.
Speaking astatine the launch, Christopher urged women successful abusive relationships to summon courageousness and question support.

“Being a unfortunate of maltreatment myself, I cognize it takes a batch of courage. The archetypal happening women successful toxic relationships should bash is ain up to it, due to the fact that nine often blames the victim. But I anticipation each pistillate finds the spot to emergence supra maltreatment and crook her symptom into intent and passion,” she said

The writer stressed that her stories are not works of fantasy, but mirrors of society, saying, “The publication holds up a reflector to our society, 1 that does not flatter, but reveals that we are flawed and breached successful ways we seldom admit yet resilient and susceptible of astonishing acts of courage.”

Christopher, who revealed that she wrote the publication during a susceptible play of her life, added that the publication is astir mean people; sometimes fearful, sometimes selfish, yet often remarkably brave, navigating bonzer circumstances.