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Shine Your Eye: In Search of West Africa

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Last updated on Jun 13, 2026 05:08 PM

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Category Brains & Noble > History

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SKU BN-122113

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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.