Her scramble for a life abroad is a prized possession in her Nigeria of the twenty first century. Red Pepper and English Tea is a memoir of her trip to England in search of ‘White Gold’. Portraying a theme of ‘Nigeria is not enough’, Red Pepper and English Tea explores the pursuit of happiness through the eyes of a young woman, whose experience abroad succinctly demystifies the myth of ‘glittering
gold’. A fairy tale of disillusion, Red Pepper and English Tea strips the veil of the familiar and reveals that all truth is not bitter. While exploring love as a life-long myth and individualism as a modern business, Julie’s travel experience of English people and their culture is the story of a developing mind, which becomes a learning platform for change. Red Pepper and English Tea debunks the myth associated with a societal appreciation of having a better live abroad. Scripted from a global village reality, Julie’s journey to England is mileage on a seed sown with peculiar experiences scarring Africans today. Red Pepper and English Tea makes an interesting read because its voice is honest, its message is fresh and its words give good value for money.
