The Girl with the Golden Scar

About the Book

The Girl with the Golden Scar is the second book in the Obianuju Novel Series, the story of a school-aged Igbo girl and her peculiar childhood in northern Hausa/Fulani region of Nigeria in the 1980s Nigeria, first chronicled in The Beautiful Stars of the Night Skies. The peculiar story of Obianuju continues to be narrated in the backdrop of the widespread privatization of agricultural parastatals in Nigeria, with an illumination of the health impact of these economic policies, on the Nigerian citizenry and on the structural integrity of the Nigerian family unit.

About the Author

Dr Essie Nwoga, an Igbo Nigerian, Medical Doctor and Research Consultant, is a qualified licensed medical doctor, with Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. With two postgraduate degrees of Master of Science, each from the University of Aberdeen, UK, in Health Services and Public Health Research, and from the University of Minnesota, USA, in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration, with concentration in Outcomes Research, Dr Essie Nwoga has published research. She lives in the USA with her school-aged daughter and works as a Research Consultant. She enjoys traveling, movies, writing, public speaking and photography.