Africa Is Not A Country, celebrates the energy and fabric of its different cultures and communities in a way that has never been done before.

You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid red landscape of famines and safaris, uniquely plagued by poverty and strife.

But in this funny and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective. He explores a wide range of subjects, from each country’s colonial heritage to lively food and football rivalries  and the dangers of stereotypes in popular cultur