‘A Garden only Seen in Dreams’: A critique of familial concealment and societal negligence
Haliru Ali Musa’s ‘A Garden Only Seen in Dreams’ chronicles Timileyin’s turbulent journey through illness and fractured identity. Following a kidney transplant, Timi uncovers unsettling truths about his parentage that upend his understanding of family. Retrospective glimpses reveal a splintered childhood marked by loss, abandonment, and Aunt Hanifa’s austere guardianship. As Timi spirals through academic […]