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Africa Is Not a Country
- Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa
- Narrated by: Dipo Faloyin
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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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 much-needed 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, how 90 per cent of Africa's 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.
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- Kerry Kilner
- 09-07-2023
A brilliant stereotype busting book
Everyone should read this. It will enlighten, horrify and inspire and make you realise that everything you think you know about the continent of Africa is most likely entirely wrong. At once a history of the continent and the horrors and ongoing impacts of colonialism it also provides great insights into the vibrant dynamism operating in many African countries now which the author himself represents. Thank you.
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