Africa is not a country : notes on a bright continent / Dipo Faloyin.

By:

Faloyin, Dipo, 1990-

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.Description: 380 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781324065890 (pbk.)
1324065893 (pbk.)

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LOC classification:

500 DT 3 F196a 2023

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	500 DT 3 F196a 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000198033

"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.

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