Africa Is Not a Country

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A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting portrait of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity, by one of its leading new writers. [An] acerbic debut…Faloyin is bent on examining and demolishing [stereotypes about Africa], a task he carries out with verve. Faloyin [is] a smart, often scathingly funny writer…While much of the history of Western involvement in Africa is sordid and depressing, is not. It brims with the sort of outrage that speaks of hope, of change. With clarity and incisive wit, journalist Faloyin explores the origins of the 54 countries of Africa… [is] a forceful rebuttal of erased histories and simplified imagery as well as a celebration of a continent already living its dynamic future. A spirited critique of Western misrepresentations of Africa…[E]xuberant and informative. Trenchant…A well-researched, cleareyed deconstruction of highly flawed conventional wisdom about Africa. A necessary book that deserves its place in the canon as essential reading for anyone seeking an introduction to this vast continent—as well as the rest of us, who need to be regularly challenged on what we think we know about Africa and the damage done by that. Warm, funny, biting and essential reading. A brilliant, prescient exploration of a richly complex continent. An antidote for our times. This book is hilarious, ferocious, generous, and convincing. It made me reconsider almost everything I thought I knew about Africa, which is somewhere we often hear about, but far too rarely hear from. An impeccably researched work, brimming with humor and intellect. A necessary read for 2022. A triumph of a book. A charismatic and hugely enjoyable read packed full of essential information—revealing a huge, vastly diverse set of stories, situations, and histories that really do pop the balloon of lazy stereotyping of Africa. You’d be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t read this book. This book should be on the curriculum. US

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