Africa Is Not a Country | |
Author: | Dipo Faloyin |
Pub Date: | 2022 |
Africa Is Not a Country is a 2022 nonfiction book written by Dipo Faloyin.[1] [2] [3] The book is subtitled Notes on a Bright Continent in the United States and Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa in the United Kingdom.
Dipo Faloyin was born in Chicago, raised in Lagos and currently lives in London.[4] He is a senior editor and writer for Vice magazine and has written for The Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Dazed, I-D, The Huffington Post, Refinery29 and Prospect. His writings have focused on themes of culture, race and identity in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Africa Is Not a Country seeks to challenge common stereotypes about Africa that are found in the Western world. Faloyin argued that Africa has been treated "as if it were a single country, devoid of nuance".[5]