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Shine Your Eye: In Search of West Africa

Shine Your Eye: In Search of West Africa

Májà-Pearce, Adéwálé

Paperback

African HistoryAfrica

ISBN10: 1805264125
ISBN13: 9781805264125
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.51
Language: English
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 the forced 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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