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Africa is not a country: breaking stereotypes of modern Africa

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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 colonial heritage, and explores 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 stereotypes in popular culture.

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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960 FAL a

Publisher

London : Vintage Books., 2023

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380 p. ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781529114829

Classification

900

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Edition

Ed. 1

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History
Africa

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Dipo Faloyin

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