'This book should be on the curriculum.' Nikki May author of WAHALA Africa Is Not A Country is
a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more
comprehensive story. You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is depicted
simplistically as an arid red landscape of famines and safaris uniquely plagued by poverty and
strife. In this funny and insightful book Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective. He
examines each country's colonial heritage and explores a wide range of subjects from
chronicling urban life in Lagos and the lively West African rivalry over who makes the best
Jollof rice to the story of democracy in seven dictatorships and the dangers of stereotypes in
popular culture. By turns intimate and political Africa Is Not A Country brings the story of
the continent towards reality celebrating the energy and fabric of its different cultures and
communities in a way that has never been done before.
