Shine Your Eye : In Search of West Africa
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An acclaimed British-Nigerian writer''s odyssey through West Africa, starkly transformed since his youth.
West 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?
Journeying along the coast and across the Sahel, from Ghana to Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone to Senegal, Adéwálé Májà-Pearce uncovers a restless region on the verge of great change. Visiting fourteen countries--and seeking out the Nigerian diaspora in each--he reflects on these societies'' dramatic shifts since the late 1980s, when he first travelled their roads. Refusing IMF loans and rejecting Western-imposed currencies, West Africa''s diverse, expanding and overwhelmingly young population is staging a quiet revolution for its future, and discarding an aging elite still propped up by European power--from demonstrations against police brutality to theforced withdrawal of French troops.
Speaking with local journalists and dissident scholars, 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.
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