African Union Back Campaign to Adopt More Realistic World Map

The African Union has endorsed a campaign to adopt a more accurate world map that better represents the true size of the African continent. The current Mercator projection map widely used in schools and media often distorts the relative sizes of continents, making Africa appear significantly smaller than it actually is. This misrepresentation has been criticized for perpetuating a Eurocentric worldview and undermining the true significance of Africa on the global stage. The African Union's support for this initiative aims to promote a more balanced and representative depiction of the world, which could have important implications for education, geopolitics, and public perception. By adopting a map that more accurately reflects the proportions of the world's landmasses, the campaign seeks to challenge the long-standing dominance of Eurocentric cartography and foster a greater understanding of Africa's true scale and importance within the global community.