How 'Correct The Map' Campaign Is Reshaping Perceptions Of Africa

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger.

African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...
Anadolu Agency

‘Correct the Map’: Africa takes on centuries-old ‘biggest lie’ in world geography

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

"Africa Is 14 Times Larger Than Greenland, Yet Maps Show Them as Similar"... 'Correct the Map' Campaign Gains Momentum

There are growing calls from African nations for the international community to adopt maps that accurately reflect the true size of the African ...

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...
Hyperallergic

Africa Wants a More Accurate World Map

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...