I am because we are by chidiogo akunyili parr

I am because we are by chidiogo akunyili parr

The story of Dora Akunyili.

In this innovative and intimate memoir, a daughter tells the

story of her mother, a pan-African hero who faced down

misogyny and battled corruption in Nigeria.

Inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu - the

importance of community over the individual-and

outraged by injustice, Dora Akunyili took on fraudulent drug

manufacturers whose products killed millions, including her

sister.

A woman in a man's world, she was elected and became a

cabinet minister, but she had to deal with political

manoeuvrings, death threats, and an assassination attempt

for defending the voiceless. She suffered for it, as did her

marriage and six children.

Am Because We Are illuminates the role of kinship, family,

and the individual's place in society, while revealing a life of

courage, how community shaped it, and the web of

humanity that binds us all.