What Does the Public in Scandinavia Know About Africa?

How many of us Scandinavians know that May 25th is Africa Day? How many of us know that it is the anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963? How many of us know that the OAU was founded by Kwame Nkrumah, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Julius Nyerere, Ahmed Sékou Touré and Haile Selassie? How many of us even know who these leaders were? It is really time that we refresh our knowledge of Africa, because now Africa is risi…