African Union Advocates for Accurate World Maps to Reflect Africa's True Size
TL;DR
Africa is advocating for a change from the traditional Mercator map projection, which distorts the continent's size, to more accurate representations like the Equal Earth projection, to correct global perceptions, boost African pride, and influence education and media narratives.
- ‘Maps are not innocent drawings’: Africa demands its true size be shown EL PAÍS English
- African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size NPR
- African Union Endorses Call to Abandoned the Mercator Map The New York Times
- African Union Backs Campaign to Adopt More Realistic World Map Bloomberg.com
- African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size The Guardian
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