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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Adéwálé Àjàdí’s Afrilition presents a Pan-African manifesto for the twenty-first century built around the author’s term for an African future consciously created by Africans themselves. Written directly to his grandchildren as representatives of posterity, the book treats Africanness as a global belonging that connects the continent with people of African descent across the Diaspora. His central question is what Africa can become when its own inherited wisdom provides the foundation for the way its people understand progress. From there, the idea turns toward responsibility, with each generation asked to see tomorrow as something it helps create through the values it chooses to live by. Written for readers interested in Pan-African thought, the book presents the coming century as a shared project shaped from an African point of view.
Adéwálé Àjàdí’s Afrilition is first-rate African non-fiction, and the author makes an expansive work feel welcoming. The writing style is what I'd call conversationally academic, and big ideas are accessible through stories drawn from lived experience. One of my favorite parts is the account of Sema Stores, the family business his mother ran from her early twenties, since her success gives the discussion of women’s contribution a grounded example. I also really connected with the Yoruba idea of Olonà, which identifies a skilled artisan as a form of wealth within the wider community. These moments show how naturally the book moves from philosophy into lived experience, giving its ideas a sense of everyday relevance. Well-written and thoughtful, readers interested in African social philosophy will adore this.
