Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa
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.
Review
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*
Hilarious, ferocious, generous and convincing. -- Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World
This book should be on the curriculum. -- Nikki May, author of Wahala
About the Author
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Dipo Faloyin |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
Harvill Secker |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 400 |
| Formát | 13,5 × 21,6 cm |
| EAN | 9781787302969 |
| Rok vydání | 2022 |
| Edice |
Společnost a společenské vědy |
Autor
Dipo Faloyin
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