Correct the Map

Challenging the long-standing misrepresentation, bringing awareness to the importance of accurately representing Africa on the world map.

[Correct the Map @CorrectTheMap]

Watch the full interview here: 🔗 https://t.co/mlBfCdZXy5
#CorrectTheMap #TrueSizeOfAfrica #WorldMap #Mercato

[Correct the Map @CorrectTheMap]

For generations, the world has been taught to see Africa as smaller, less significant, and peripheral — not because of geography, but because of a map.
Maps shape how power, importance and possibility are imagined.

[Correct the Map @CorrectTheMap]

It’s about reclaiming Africa’s rightful presence in the world’s imagination.
When Africa looks smaller on the map, it also looks smaller in minds, textbooks, investment decisions and global power structures. Correcting the map is correcting the story.

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Want to catch more on #CorrectTheMap? Check out the @africanofilter YouTube page: https://t.co/PaFijYttdX

#EqualEarthProjector

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Prof Lopes says representation through an accurate map matter, and asks why is it that Google maps still uses the outdated the Mercator map? The distance between the Eastern and Western coast of Africa is as vast as Russia but this is not on maps.#CorrectTheMap #SizeMatters

[Africanofilter @africanofilter]

Prof Lopes is unpacking stereotypical perceptions, and how African are associated with conflict, even when other parts of the world experience it to a greater degree. He says these projections are not accurate.
"Made up."
#CorrectTheMap #SizeMatters

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Pertinent question: Why is @googlemaps still using the #MercatorProjection?

Thank you Prof Lopes.

#CorrectTheMap

[Africanofilter @africanofilter]

Follow the conversation on YouTube to find out why the world map is a big fat lie, and why this matters.
#CorrectTheMap #SizeMatters

[Africanofilter @africanofilter]

Welcome to the Africa Taking Up Space Roundtable. Today’s conversation is discussing why the world map is a big fat lie, and why this matters.
#CorrectTheMap #SizeMatters

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JOIN US to understand why having an accurate map matters!
We look forward to seeing you there on the 30th of May, at 15: WAT: https://t.co/ZCgWaklQ4E

#EqualEarthProjection #CorrectTheMap

@ProjectionWizz

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First attempt at #woodcarving a #worldmap using the #EqualEarthProjection by @BojanSavric, @mappingbernie & @MtnMapper. Needs some tweaking, but looking good!

[Bojan Šavrič @ProjectionWizz]

@deepseadawn @Gorrrgoth @John_M_Nelson Or #EqualEarthProjection centered on @MtnMapper's meridian... 🥇

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We're not letting up, it's time to #CorrectTheMap!

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Today marks the reveal of one of the longest-standing pranks. The Mercator Map. A projection that misrepresents Africa’s true size. Let’s #CorrectTheMap. Promote the Equal Earth Projection. Sign the petition today: https://t.co/qVX9o1jwSU

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Don’t be fooled, Africa's a giant, and it’s time we demanded that it be shown. Sign the petition to add your voice to thousands of others who care to correct history: https://t.co/Sc8NRH5z8A

#CorrectTheMap #RightSizeAfrica #SizeMatters #AfricaMatters #NoMoreMercatorMap

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The hashtag#EqualEarthProjection is the most accurate to date. Sign the petition to stop using the outdated hashtag#MercatorProjection, and the more accurate Equal Earth projection today: https://t.co/Sc8NRH5z8A

#CorrectTheMap

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We call on global media organisations and high level decision makers to correct the representation of Africa. You've been integral part in shaping Africa’s narrative for centuries. Take responsibility, sign the charter: https://t.co/hHJpS60GPn

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Africa's misrepresentation stops with you. We call all Africans and African-led organisations to take action and use the Equal Earth Projection. Create the change YOU want to see. #CorrectTheMap.
Download the Equal Earth Projection here:
https://t.co/OTAX5khN44

#AfricaMatters

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This #EarthDay we call on the world’s citizens to stop the daily misrepresentation of our planet through the use of the #MercatorProjection. Let’s understand the impact of climate change better, with an #EqualEarthProjection!
#CorrectTheMap today: https://t.co/Sc8NRH5z8A