The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

Starting with a map, Africa is out to change both how the world sees it and how it speaks for itself on the world stage. As Gideon Keter, a former member of Kenya's Parliament, put it: "Our size must ...

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

We are talking about 54 countries in Africa out of the 193 or 195 nations in this world (depending on how you see the world) ...

Ajulo examines the UNs’ move towards more accurate maps of Africa and connects cartographic representation with equality, development ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...

UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Share on X (Opens in new window) Copy this page's address to your clipboard I was an African studies minor who worked my way through UCLA, typing articles for ...