{"product_id":"9780241995464-yoruba-boy-running","title":"Yorùbá Boy Running","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2025\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYorùbá Boy Running \u003c\/i\u003echarts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Run, Àjàyí, run!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of Òsogùn, thirteen-year-old Àjàyí's life was split in two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorùbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So Àjàyí becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the heart-stopping drama of Àjàyí's last day of freedom to his consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, Biyi Bándélé's kaleidoscopic reimagining of Crowther's life is a brilliant tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM WOLE SOYINKA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Biyi Bándélé had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. \u003ci\u003eYorùbá Boy Running\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception’ Chiwitel Ejiofor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 © The artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53539750183286,"sku":"9780241995464","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39229196.jpg?v=1767083112","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241995464-yoruba-boy-running","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}