Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022

An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting portrait of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity, by one of its leading new writers.

So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines & safaris, poverty & strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold & insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective, weaving a vibrant tapestry of stories that bring to life Africa's rich diversity, communities, & histories.

Starting with an immersive description of the lively & complex urban life of Lagos, Faloyin unearths surprising truths about many African countries' colonial heritage & tells the story of the continent's struggles with democracy through seven dictatorships. With biting wit, he takes on the phenomenon of the white savior complex & brings to light the damage caused by charity campaigns of the past decades, revisiting such...