The Map Was Lying To You: Why the UN Just Changed How We See Africa
- NewsFeedFor 450 years, the world’s most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is.
- The United Nations just voted to change that.
- Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down and goes back 450 years to show how the map was made — and why it stuck.
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- NewsFeedFor 450 years, the world’s most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is.
- The United Nations just voted to change that.
- Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down and goes back 450 years to show how the map was made — and why it stuck.
Sources: Al Jazeera