![]() The bulk of the book sees Farmer exploring the history of West Africa, seeking to answer the question, "When an epidemic occurs in a public-health desert, who decides when and where it begins or ends?" Farmer believes that the region was especially vulnerable to the virus because of a long history of colonization, mining and war. Their testimonies are heartbreaking, and Farmer writes about their myriad losses with elegance and sensitivity. ![]() He tells the stories of Ibrahim Kamara and Yabom Koroma, two Sierra Leoneans who lost family members to Ebola. ![]() The first part of Farmer's book chronicles his travels to the region when the virus first hit. Farmer's book combines memoir and history to explain how the Ebola virus wreaked so much havoc in the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea between 20. That epidemic is the subject of "Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds," a fascinating new book from Paul Farmer, the physician and Partners in Health co-founder (and the subject of Tracy Kidder's wonderful 2003 book "Mountains Beyond Mountains"). ![]() “Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds” by Paul Farmer ![]()
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