Nairobi, Sept 19, 2025 (AFP) - 'Correcting The Map': reshaping perceptions of Africa

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2025-09-19

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that has prompted a new African initiative, "Correct the Map", calling for depictions that show Africa's true scale. "For centuries, this map has minimised Africa, feeding into a narrative that the continent is smaller, peripheral and less important," said......

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