{"product_id":"shine-your-eye-adwl-mj-pearce-9781805264125","title":"Shine Your Eye","description":"An acclaimed British-Nigerian writer's odyssey through West Africa, starkly transformed since his youth.\nWest 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?\nJourneying 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.\nSpeaking 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.","brand":"C Hurst \u0026 Co Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51106888286496,"sku":"9781805264125","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781805264125.jpg?v=1780925342","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/shine-your-eye-adwl-mj-pearce-9781805264125","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}