To Diallo, Mali is hell; Europe is heaven. He sets out on his father's camel and strides out into the Sahara Desert to go to Europe. His journey through the desert is grueling and torturous. When he eventually makes it to Europe, what confronts him makes him wonder whether this is the heaven he undertook a journey of hell for or the hell in Mali overtook him on his way to Europe. Born 24th Sept. 1965, Kyuka Lilymjok hails from Bafai-Kanai. He is a professor of law and lectures at the faculty of law Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Other novels of the author include: Hope in Anarchy and the Village Tradesman
A Journey: From Hell to Heaven