A review by twistingsnake
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin

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4.5

Lyrically written and unflinching in its directness. Faloyin is not afraid of his own lack of neutrality on something that is entangled with his identity and history. This book challenged me and my way of thinking in many ways. After closing it I reflected on the fact that I'll never be able to look at the way Africa is depicted in media in the same way. It really deconstructs the West's pervasive attempt to make the continent look like a monochrome wasteland of poverty and despair. I'm glad I picked this one up. It'll definitely a radicalizing read. We need to stop letting museums get away with cultural genocide.