Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent Vitra and came home as veterans

and came home as veterans

many desert flowers will bloom at least once a year

the many different Wooden Dolls are still fabricated and painted by hand today

Simone de Beauvoir

An unforgettable debut

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent Vitra and came home as veteransSo often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much needed corrective, weaving a vibrant tapestry of stories that bring to life Africas rich diversity, communities, and histories. Starting with an immersive description of the lively and complex urban life of Lagos, Faloyin unearths surprising truths about