At last, Africa in its full-sized glory

164 members of the United Nations backed the African Union’s ‘Correct the map’ campaign (presented by Togo) to shift away from the 16th Century Mercator map of the world which has erroneously depicted Africa as much smaller than it actually is while making countries closer to the poles appear much larger than they really are. […] The post At last, Africa in its full-sized glory appeared first on New African Magazine.