{"title":"Adéwálé Májà-Pearce","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdéwálé Májà-Pearce’s works offer a compelling exploration of identity and culture through the lens of travel and personal experience. His writing captures the complexities of place, memory, and belonging, inviting readers to journey beyond borders and consider the deeper narratives that shape nations and individuals alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a sharp eye on contemporary society, \u003cem\u003eShine Your Eye\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThis Fiction Called Nigeria\u003c\/em\u003e delve into politics and current affairs with nuance and insight. Májà-Pearce’s prose illuminates the intersections of history, power, and everyday life, making his books essential reading for those curious about modern Africa and its stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"this-fiction-called-nigeria-by-adewale-maja-pearce-9781804291801","title":"This Fiction Called Nigeria","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, the essayist and critic Adéwálé Májà-Pearce delivers a mordant verdict on Nigeria’s crisis of democracy. A mosaic of ethnic and religious groups, the most populous country in Africa was fabricated by British colonisers at the turn of the twentieth century. When Nigerians went to the polls to vote in the 2023 elections, they had experienced a quarter century of democracy, after a similar period of almost unbroken military dictatorship. Yet the blessings of self-rule are unclear to many, especially among the more than half of the population living in extreme poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuffeted by unemployment, saddled with debt, and rent by bandits and Islamic fundamentalists, Nigeria faces the threat of disintegration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMájà-Pearce shows that recent mobilisations against police brutality, sexism, and homophobia reveal a powerful undercurrent of discontent, especially among the country’s youth. If Nigeria has a future, he shows here, it is in the hands of the young, unwilling to go on as before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46851709534444,"sku":"9781804291801","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10932313482830.jpg?v=1759120977"},{"product_id":"shine-your-eye-by-adewale-maja-pearce-9781805264125","title":"Shine Your Eye","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn acclaimed British-Nigerian writer's odyssey through West Africa, starkly transformed since his youth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWest Africa is at a crossroads. Boasting tremendous natural wealth, its inhabitants are among the world's poorest. Despite apparent multi-party democracy, there have been coups, conflict, and corruption since independence. Where can it go from here?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJourneying along the coast and across the Sahel, from Ghana to Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone to Senegal, British-Nigerian writer \u003cem\u003eAdéwálé Májà-Pearce\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers a restless region on the verge of great change. Visiting fourteen countries and seeking out the Nigerian diaspora communities in each, he reflects on the dramatic transformations that have shaken these societies since the late 1980s, when he first travelled their roads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom refusing IMF loans to rejecting Western-imposed currencies, West Africa's diverse, expanding, and overwhelmingly young population is conducting a quiet revolution, discarding its European-dominated past and seizing control of its own future. In Nigeria, anti-police brutality demonstrations have challenged an ageing elite sustained by colonial enablers who never truly left. And in Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, popular resentment has forced the withdrawal of long-present French troops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking with local journalists and dissident academics, street hawkers and immigration officers, Májà-Pearce brings to life the compelling story of a region at breaking point as told by West Africans themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607640948972,"sku":"9781805264125","price":72.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c464697d6d225b276b74c2088ee6debe.jpg?v=1778188125"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/adewale-maja-pearce.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}