Adewale Maja-Pearce is a writer, journalist and critic, who is best known for his documentary essays. He is the author of several books, including the memoirs In My Father’s Country and The House My Father Built, several other non-fiction titles and a collection of short stories entitled Loyalties and Other Stories (1986). He was formerly editor of the Heinemann African Writers’ Series (1986–94), and Africa editor of Index on Censorship (1986-97). He is the founder of New Gong, an independent publishing company, and YEMAJA, an editorial services agency.