{"product_id":"in-the-other-direction-now-navid-kermani-9781914982224","title":"In the Other Direction Now: Dispatches from East Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore than a travelogue: a work of human depth and understanding that has much to teach those interested in contemporary global affairs and postcolonial realities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNavid Kermani is an acclaimed writer already well known in the English-speaking world for his books \u003ci\u003eUpheaval: The Refugee Trek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethrough Europe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlong the Trenches: A Journey through Eastern Europe to Isfahan\u003c\/i\u003e. His new book, \u003ci\u003eIn the Other Direction Now\u003c\/i\u003e, continues his thoughtful documentation of global peripheries. Visiting southern Madagascar, the Comoros, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan, Kermani examines how global fault lines converge, from postcolonial neglect and the devastating impact of climate change to the rising and often nefarious influence of China and the consequences of the Ukraine War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflective, astute, and intellectually rigorous, Kermani's empathetic yet unflinching perspective does not aim to interpret Africa for us, but to learn from it in all its variousness and multiplicity. Music emerges as a unifying thread--Christian hymns, Sufi dances, and Sudanese jazz become symbols of resilience and transformation, providing cultural links that bind communities across conflict, faith, and history and offering a counterpoint to colonial clichés and Western ignorance. These specific, grounded accounts of people and places contextualize global inequalities not as a product of some intrinsic African deficiency but as part of interconnected systems shaped by the Global North as much as by local governance and the legacy of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Navid Kermani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914982223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914982224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haus Pub.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Navid Kermani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49001244229887,"sku":"9781914982224","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-other-direction-now-navid-kermani-9781914982224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}