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African UnionThe African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign for a more accurate world map that shows how big Africa really is. Popular maps in use often show that Africa is roughly the size of Greenland when, in fact, it is nearly 14 times bigger.I have explored some of the politics of world maps on social media.The AU’s concerns are hardly new. In the 1970s and 1980s, the same debate raged fiercely until it was resolved in favor of the maxim, “us…See the Story
The Problem with AU’s Bigger Map Proposal
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