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Book Review: Monique and the Mango Rains

 

            Monique and the Mango Rains is a story written by Kris Holloway about her experience while volunteering with the Young Peace Corp in Mali, Africa. The author was playing the role of an assistant to Monique, who was an excellent midwife in Namposella, a town commonly known for women giving birth on concrete slab and after a few hours, they return to their normal roles. However, the author claims that this was not a good idea because it increased the rate of maternal and infant mortality in the region. The book is an essential and effective approach towards meeting the needs and preferences of women interested in the concept of healthcare or friendship in West Africa. In the book, the author claims that the region lacked running water; they did not have any trained doctor, thus not being able to access any medical equipment or procedures. Apart from that, the people within the region also encountered dissimilar problems such as inadequate food, flies were common making the incidences of malaria and intestinal parasites to increase and cases of AIDS were always increasing. Consequently, the book review will draw attentions on dissimilar themes witnessed in the book such as domestic issues, place of women in the African society, parenting, childbirth, marriage, family relationship and poverty (Holloway& Bidwell, 2006). .
             Reading the book enabled me to realize that even though there are different human cultures around the globe in the ways people deal and adopt to the man-made and natural environment surrounding them, there is one aspect that affects every human being. This is the aspect of tribulations of daily life. This is because during the author's lifestyle in Mali, she was able to identify dissimilar issue regarding women, which was familiar to her even though they entailed different actors. For example, Monique stated that the domestic issues she encountered in Mali regarding women were similar to those that women in her home country goes through even though there is a huge distance between the two.


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