Africa Why Size Matters

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The size of Africa on world maps is completely wrong. In this video I explain why and what the true size of Africa is.

Discover the shocking truth about the world's most widely recognized map, the Mercator projection from 1569. This map has grossly misrepresented the size of Africa for centuries. In reality, Africa's land area is a staggering 30.37 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles). Surprisingly, while Greenland appears almost the same size as Africa on the Mercator map, the African continent is actually 14 times larger! Dive deep into the Mercator projection conundrum and learn how it has distorted our perception of the world.

Understand the historical and imperialistic implications of this distortion and explore the efforts to create a more accurate representation of our planet.

Witness the unveiling of the Equal Earth map projection, a groundbreaking solution that offers a fair representation of continents. Did you know? Africa is larger than Europe, the US, China, India, and Japan combined! Join us in this enlightening journey and see the world from a new perspective. 🌏

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[alfonsom]

African American here, I can tell you brothers and sisters on the continent with certainty. The white man has ALWAYS been intimidated by the "size" of the black man.

[tahira]

Exactly e every where else can fit into Africa and leave room to spare.

[AshtonGarvin]

A man that lives in a small house he is spiritual bless

[richardwilliams]

The continent is 14 times the scale on the map if you understand map readings so every country within Africa is 14 times it’s actually size on the map in other words Africa is huge but never viewed to the actual size

[CashCowz]

Dude..whats all this bullshtt talk? Whats the size gotta do with living conditions? Isnt Russia the largest nation? Its almost a whole continue..larger than the usa....so then..they should be everyones boss right? Its better to live good on a small piece of land than to suffer on a huge chunk of land bro