Dr. Smithson Ahiabuike holds one of his books, Whispers of Love, on Oct. 6 at his home in Gadsden. Proceeds from book sales will be used to ship books to the Nigerian village Eluama-Isuikwuato, where he grew up. <\/p>\n
GADSDEN | Dr. Smithson Buchi Ahiabuike, known as Dr. A.B. at Riverview Regional Medical Center, craved the written word when he was growing up in Nigeria. <\/p>\n
But it was hard to come by. <\/p>\n
\"My father didn't go to school,\" Ahiabuike said. \"We had very little.\" <\/p>\n
There certainly was no money for books. <\/p>\n
Books were a rarity at school, as well. <\/p>\n
And there was no library within a 100-mile radius of his village of Eluama-Isuikwuato. <\/p>\n
There still isn't. <\/p>\n
That's something Ahiabuike wants to change. <\/p>\n
The hospitalist is more than a doctor. He is a published poet. He plans to use proceeds from his second volume of verse, \"Whispers of Love,\" to ship books to Eluama-Isuikwuato. If he collects enough books and raises enough money, he hopes to build a library. <\/p>\n
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