Africa’s map size in the spotlight

The United Nations General Assembly backed a new approach to mapping the world, supporting the use of the Equal Earth projection, which gives a much more accurate representation of the relative size of continents.

The vote has also opened a much bigger conversation: Is a map simply a tool for navigation, or can the way we draw the world impact how we understand power, importance, and our place in it?

Let's unpack this further with The University of Johannesburg's Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Doctor Thea Schoeman.

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