Pokowani: The Scourge of Our Collective Inactions

By Don Veta

Pokowani, a victim of her innocence like many young girls of her generation fall into the temptation of early love relationship and therefore becomes a candidate for early and an unwanted pregnancy. Left with few choices she take the noble path of honor and decided against all odds to have her baby; thereby sacrificing her brilliant education temporarily. The arrival of her bundle of joy soon turn into a nightmare when her little child was diagnosed to having the sickle cell disorder as a result of the mismatch of her genotype with that of the accidental father, young Temisan. What came out of this conflict becomes the unique story of Pokowani which develops as a dialogue between a visitor and young students, which imparts a fresh, exhilarating tone to the story.

Pokowani is a book for children and young adults. Don Veta has taken on an aspect of our everyday existence that society regards as a taboo... in a scintillating way, Don has addressed the sickle cell disorder and the multifaceted effect on both victim, family and empathizes in a manner that adds up to make fine literature. This is also a medical psychological exposition into possibilities available for all unfortunate sufferers of this condition. A lesson for life, for especially teenagers and the adults that providence has placed over as guide. And for pleasure, for pain and the intertwine of good story telling, Don Veta has finally rewritten the course and destiny of all sickle cell sufferers, and has presented us with a literature just ripe in season.
Mindforte Tony Osokpor, author, poet and social commentator.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F4D7P9KH
• ISBN13: 9798317332716
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"