Africa redraws the map
- Posted on September 12, 2026
- By Financial Times
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In brief
The United Nations officially endorses a new cartographic projection that rectifies centuries of geographic distortion affecting African nations. This groundbreaking shift reveals the true scale of the continent, which has been systematically underrepresented in traditional map representations. The adoption of this accurate projection marks a significant moment in decolonizing geography and challenging Eurocentric perspectives that have shaped global understanding of territorial dimensions and continental proportions.
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Africa redraws the map
For centuries the continent has been made to seem smaller than it is. Now the UN has adopted a projection that shows more accurate proportions
