{"product_id":"this-fiction-called-nigeria-the-struggle-for-democracy-paperback","title":"This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdewale Maja-Pearce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn uncompromising look at Nigeria's crisis of democracy by a renowned essayist and critic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, the essayist and critic Adewale Maja-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 colonizers at the turn of the twentieth century. In the years since its independence in 1960, Nigeria spent an unbroken quarter century as a military dictatorship. Yet the blessings of today's democracy are unclear to many, especially among the more than half of the population living in extreme poverty. Buffeted by unemployment, saddled with debt, menaced by bandits and Islamic fundamentalists, Nigeria faces the threat of disintegration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaja-Pearce shows that recent mobilizations 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 young people unwilling to go on as before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London and raised in Lagos, where he lives today, \u003cb\u003eAdewale Maja-Pearce\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Nigeria's leading public intellectuals. He is the author of two memoirs, In \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Country: A Nigerian Journey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House My Father Built\u003c\/i\u003e along with numerous other books. His writing regularly appears in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.31 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758529675552,"sku":"9781804291801","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8d62cbcf6c1435e30f9851948b7775e6_b715853c-c433-4767-8c87-3ccb0359fe0e.webp?v=1780128775","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-fiction-called-nigeria-the-struggle-for-democracy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}