GIGS welcomes UN adoption of Equal Earth map as correction to ‘450 years of cartographic injustice’ against Africa

“Correcting the map is therefore not a symbolic gesture,” GIGS said, describing the UN resolution as “one deliberate step toward correcting the broader architecture of perception that has long under-represented Africa’s true scale and standing in the world.”The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution endorsing the Equal Earth map projection as a fairer alternative to the centuries-old Mercator projection.

In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Dr David Agbee, GIGS said the development, together with a separate General Assembly resolution recognising the Transatlantic Slave Trade as one of the gravest crimes against humanity, represented two of the most consequential recent steps by the UN in defence of Africa’s dignity.