Africa Is Not a Country

Africa Is Not a Country is a 2022 nonfiction book written by Dipo Faloyin. The book is subtitled Notes on a Bright Continent in the United States and Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa in the United Kingdom.

Author
Dipo Faloyin was born in Chicago, raised in Lagos and currently lives in London. He is a senior editor and writer for Vice magazine and has written for The Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Dazed, I-D, The Huffington Post, Refinery29 and Prospect. His writings have focused on themes of culture, race and identity in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Content
Africa Is Not a Country seeks to challenge common stereotypes about Africa that are found in the Western world. Faloyin argued that Africa has been treated "as if it were a single country, devoid of nuance".