GAConf22 - Keynote Lecture: Africa is not a country - #82 of many

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The latest in a series of posts showcasing sessions which are included in the programme for the GA Conference in April 2022.

I'm looking forward to this session very much. I may well be chairing it as one of the Keynotes. This will also be the first event in the GEO Live event for students.

By the time this session is part of the programme for the day, the book will be available and published. Pre-order links will follow later in the post.

Dipo will talk about his newly published book, a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes of the continent to tell a more comprehensive story that celebrates the energy and fabric of its different cultures and communities. 

Here's a description of the book, from the Financial Times:

A lively, entertaining, and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive, personal story from one of our most exciting young journalists.

You already know the 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.

Dipo Faloyin, Author, Senior editor and writer at VICE 

Lecture 

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Thanks to Dipo for including the GA's Conference in his round of events linked to the launch of his book.

Thanks also to Mia from Penguin Random House for further information.

You can pre-order the book from a number of online and other retailers, such as Amazon, or a range of other bookshops, as well as your local independent bookshop of course.

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