Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo FaloyinA bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story. 'Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.' Adam Rutherford 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. He examines each country's

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crackling with imaginative energies and moral purpose

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