Adewale Maja-Pearce

1953 -

country of citizenship: Nigeria

native language: Yoruba

languages spoken, written or signed: English, Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin

educated at: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Aberystwyth University

occupation: writer, journalist, literary critic

Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953) is an Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and literary critic, who is best known for his documentary essays. He is the author of several books, including the memoirs In My Father's Country (1987) and The House My Father Built (2014), several other non-fiction titles and a collection of short stories entitled Loyalties and Other Stories (1986). Source: Wikipedia (en)