Faloyin, Dipo, 1990-

Africa is not a country : notes on a bright continent / Dipo Faloyin. - New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023. - 380 pages ; 22 cm

"First published in the United Kingdom by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Vintage, a part of Penguin Random House UK under the title Africa Is Not a Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa" -- title page verso
Previously published as a hardback in 2022

Identities
Part 1: Lagos
Part 2: By the Power Vested in Me, I Now Pronounce You a Country
Part 3: The Birth of White Saviour Imagery (or How Not to Be a White Saviour While Still Making a Difference)
Part 4: The Story of Democracy in Seven Dictatorships
Part 5: There Is No Such Thing as an African Accent and Binyavanga Wainaina Is Still Right
Part 6: The Case of the Stolen Artefacts
Part 7: Jollof Wars: A Love Story
Part 8: What’s Next?
Acknowledgements
Notes

Seeks to correct the assumption that Africa is a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife by celebrating the energy and particularity of the continent's rich diversity and communities.

9781324065890 (pbk.) 1324065893 (pbk.)


África --Aspectos culturales
África --Aspectos políticos
Africa--Condiciones sociales --Siglo XXI
África --Vida social y costumbres --Siglo XXI

500 DT 3 / F196a 2023