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African Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continent’s True Size - Egypt Independent
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The African Union is backing the 'Correct the map' campaign, which aims to replace the centuries-old Mercator world map with a more realistic representation.
The African Union—which unites 55 countries on the continent—wants to address a persistent misconception that has shaped our worldview for centuries: the map that makes Africa appear smaller than it actually is. On the familiar Mercator projection of the world, Greenland appears almost as large as Africa, while the African continent is actually fifteen times larger.
The African Union supports the "Correct the Map" campaign, which aims to replace the world map as we know it, the Mercator projection, with a more modern, accurate projection. This new map would more accurately represent Africa's true size, making the continent appear much larger on the map.
This week, the African Union has given its official support to the "Correct the map" campaign: correcting the map. This campaign, led by two African advocacy organisations, aims to replace the model of the current world map with a more respectful projection of the proportions of the continents. In order to emerge from a biased perception inherited from the colonial era.
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