Afrika ist kein Land

The manifesto against stupidity, laziness, and simplicity in dealing with the diversity of the African continent

More than 1.4 billion people, 54 countries, over 2,000 languages, reduced for decades to simple stories: hunger, safaris, perhaps brutal dictatorships. A whole continent is simplified to the point of horror, with disastrous consequences. Dipo Faloyin has made it his mission to eradicate these stereotypes. With bite, pace, and irresistible charm, he paints a contemporary portrait of Africa: urban life in Lagos, the successful struggle for democratization, the dark side of the charity industry, outrageous culinary rivalries, vibrant civil society movements, and the unique role of aunties in the extended family structure. Dipo Faloyin tells different stories, positive, diverse, and complex. Always driven by a zest for life and a belief in a great future despite all colonial obstacles.

Africa is not a country corrects a global perception distortion. It is the narrative manifesto against stupidity, laziness, and simplicity in dealing with the diversity of the African continent. And an absolutely delightful intervention.