1884 vs.2026: Who Draws the Africa Map Now?
Africa is 14x bigger than Greenland. The map on your classroom wall has been lying to you since 1569. This week the UN finally fixed it — 164 to 1.” “In 1884, 14 European powers carved up Africa using a map that made the continent look small enough to divide. This week, 164 nations voted to fix that map. The US was the only ‘no’.