Malik Shaffy Lizinde
@malikshaffy
For 450 years, the Mercator map shrank Africa and inflated the north.
That distortion was not just a drawing. It shaped classrooms, news, and how the world imagined the continent.
This week the UN backed #CorrectTheMap. The Equal Earth projection puts Africa in its true scale.
That distortion was not just a drawing. It shaped classrooms, news, and how the world imagined the continent.
This week the UN backed #CorrectTheMap. The Equal Earth projection puts Africa in its true scale.
African Union@_AfricanUnion · Sep 4Communiqué of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Adoption of the “Correct The Map” Resolution.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, @ymahmoudali welcomes the adoption today by the United Nations General Assembly of the
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, @ymahmoudali welcomes the adoption today by the United Nations General Assembly of the
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