This Fiction Called Nigeria - The Struggle for Democracy

An uncompromising look at Nigeria’s crisis of democracy by a renowned essayist and critic.

List of contents

Preface

1. S?`r?` Sókè/Speak Up
2. In the Beginning; or, One-Chance
3. Perpetual War; or, Soja Come, Soja Go
4. The Dividends of Democracy; or, How Not to Move the Nation Forward
5. The Godfather Rules OK

About the author

Adéwálé Májà-Pearce is one of Nigeria’s leading public intellectuals. He is the author of two memoirs, In My Father’s Country and The House My Father Built. His writing regularly appears in the New York Times, London Review of Books, and Times Literary Supplement.

Summary

An uncompromising look at Nigeria's crisis of democracy by a renowned essayist and critic.

Product details

• Authors: Adewale Maja-Pearce, Adéwálé Májà-Pearce
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781804291801
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-180-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Verso's Southern Questions
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education