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Africa Is Not A Country is a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story
You already know these stereotypes So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid red landscape of famines and safaris uniquely plagued by poverty and strife In this funny and insightful book Dipo Faloyin offers a muchneeded corrective creating a fresh and multifaceted view of this vast continent
To unspool this inaccurate narrative Africa Is Not A Country looks to a wide range of subjects from chronicling urban life in Lagos and the lively West African rivalry over who makes the best Jollof rice to the story of democracy in seven dictatorships and the dangers of white saviourism and harmful stereotypes in popular culture
It examines how each African country was formed by white European explorers who turned up with loose maps and even looser morals and how 90 of Africas material cultural legacy was stolen during the colonial era and the fight to get those artefacts back
By turns intimate and political Africa Is Not A Country brings the story of the continent towards reality celebrating the energy and fabric of its different cultures and communities in a way that has never been done before
Dipo Faloyin 2022 P Penguin Audio 2022
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