I feel like I always talk about this but this conversation is something that needs to happen and the mere existence of this article makes me so happy it's kind of crazy. So, basically, Huffington Post's Nadege Seppou decided to break down negative stereotypes about Africa by including fun facts that most of the world outside of Africa doesn't know. These interesting tidbits include the fact that there are more pyramids in Sudan (200) than there are in Egypt, that over 1 million Chinese citizens live in Africa, with over 350,000 of those Chinese living in Angola, and that Equitorial Guinea's 2014 GDP per capita was about $33,000, which is comparable to Spain's! While these are fun to look at, there is an underlying meaning behind this article. As Seppou puts it, she wanted to "increase the number of positive writings on the continent. Let your perceptions be changed!" Too many people see Africa as a barren, primitive land sparsely filled with "barbaric" people with the exotic fauna roaming freely about the continent. This is mainly due to the Western media's portrayal of the continent and while we can't blame ourselves for not knowing as we base our reality on what information we have been exposed to, we can certainly educate ourselves and change our negative perceptions of a continent that definitely has much more to offer.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nadege-seppou/10-things-they-never-told_b_8257004.html
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