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The Map Was Lying To You: Why the UN Just Changed How We See Africa

The Map Was Lying To You: Why the UN Just Changed How We See Africa

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down and goes back 450 years to show how the map was made — and why it stuck.

For 450 years, the world’s most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is.

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