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Africa Is Not A Country

Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

Dipo Faloyin

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English
Vintage
08 August 2023
Definitive proof that Africa is
*not
* a country. A lively, entertaining and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive, personal story.

A 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

'An exhilarating journey through the myths, misconceptions and stereotypes of modern Africa. This book is the history lesson that we all need.' Jeffrey Boakye, Guardian

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.

'Hilarious, ferocious, generous and convincing. It made me reconsider almost everything I thought I knew about Africa.' Oliver Bullough

'This book should be on the curriculum.' Nikki May, author of Wahala

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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 200mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   28g
ISBN:   9781529114829
ISBN 10:   1529114829
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dipo Faloyin is a senior editor and writer at VICE, where his work has a specific focus on culture, race and identity across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His writing has also featured in the Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Dazed, i-D, Refinery 29, Prospect and others. He was born in Chicago, raised in Lagos and currently lives in London.

Reviews for Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

Warm, funny, biting and essential reading. -- Adam Rutherford, author of How To Argue With A Racist A necessary book that deserves its place in the canon as essential reading. -- Sally Hayden * Irish Times * For curious minds... a truly revelatory read. Faloyin writes with humour...well-researched...it's a book that will stay with you long after you've finished - and one that opens a new chapter on the way you'll think about Africa. * Mail on Sunday, *Summer Reads of 2022* * Imposed on 54 diverse countries, it's a stereotype Faloyin is bent on examining and demolishing, a task he carries out with verve... Impossible not to relish. * New York Times * Hilarious, ferocious, generous and convincing. -- Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World


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