It’s been many years since the continent seemed more spectral, and its people more vulnerable, than it does now.

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

The government of Togo has formally petitioned the United Nations to adopt a world map that accurately reflects Africa’s true land area. Togo officials argue that the widely used projections are ...

As the title suggests, in this session I would like to talk about the theme: "Which is larger, the African continent or ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Share on X (Opens in new window) Copy this page's address to your clipboard I was an African studies minor who worked my way through UCLA, typing articles for ...

It’s as big a lie as the earth is flat. Yet for years, centuries even, we’ve been led to believe that the African continent, the mother of much of civilization, the cradle of humankind, is no bigger ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

A TikTok user shared a video showing Africa's unique and recognisable shape on world maps The clip showed global maps with the African continent as the main focus People across the world flooded the ...

UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Vicky Oelze prepares samples for a strontium isotope analysis. Postdoctoral fellow Xueye Wang and UCSC graduate and undergraduate students processed hundreds of ...