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What is Africa Is Not a Country : Notes on a Bright Continent about?

Africa Is Not A Country is a bright 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. 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.

Who reads Africa Is Not a Country : Notes on a Bright Continent?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Dipo Faloyin
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9780393881530
Category
travel
Subjects
History, Travel, Africa Travel
Rating
4.6 / 5 (99 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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