The African Union and the advocacy group Africa No Filter are spearheading the #CorrectTheMap campaign.
Zuko Komisa
The African Union and the advocacy group Africa No Filter are spearheading the #CorrectTheMap campaign to challenge the historical inaccuracy of world maps.
For centuries, standard projections have significantly understated Africa’s true scale, a visual distortion that critics argue reinforces colonial era biases.
The debate centres on the long-standing use of mapping systems most notably the Mercator projection which disproportionately enlarge northern landmasses while shrinking the African continent.
Drive 959 spoke to Lerato Mogoathle, Head of Communications at Africa No Filter, who suggests that these are not merely cartographic errors but tools that have quietly influenced how the world perceives the continent’s significance.
The public response to this campaign has been huge.
Many people believe that shrinking Africa on maps wasn’t just a mistake—it was a historical tactic used to make the continent seem less important than it actually is.
Listen to the full conversation here:
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