Africa Is Not A Country
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'This book should be on the curriculum.' Nikki May, author of WAHALAAfrica 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Dipo Faloyin
EAN: 9781787302969
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 394 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
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GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies, TRAVEL / Africa / General
WIDTH: 135 cm
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Book Themes:
Africa, Cultural studies: food and society, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Social groups, communities and identities, Urban communities, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, African history
Warm, funny, biting and essential reading., For curious minds... a truly revelatory read... 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., Impossible not to relish., This book should be on the curriculum., A necessary book that deserves its place in the canon as essential reading.
Dipo Faloyin is a senior editor and writer at VICE, where his work has a specific focus on culture, race and identity across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His writing has also featured in the Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Dazed, i-D, Refinery 29, Prospect and others. He was born in Chicago, raised in Lagos and currently lives in London.
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'This book should be on the curriculum.' Nikki May, author of WAHALAAfrica 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Dipo Faloyin
EAN: 9781787302969
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 394 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies, TRAVEL / Africa / General
WIDTH: 135 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Africa, Cultural studies: food and society, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Social groups, communities and identities, Urban communities, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, African history
Dipo Faloyin is a senior editor and writer at VICE, where his work has a specific focus on culture, race and identity across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His writing has also featured in the Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Dazed, i-D, Refinery 29, Prospect and others. He was born in Chicago, raised in Lagos and currently lives in London.
