Tag: Africa Misconceptions

Africa: Expectations vs. Reality

On By Elisha McFarlandIn Blog Posts26 Comments
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After publishing over four posts on this subject, we have finally created an almost full collection of African misconceptions. Africa, it seems, is misunderstood. To date, we have published two posts on African Misconceptions, one on Uganda’s Technology, and another on crazy facts about Africa. These posts averaged 1,250 words apiece, showing that there truly is a lot of unknown information about Africa. However, if you’re a new follower or simply haven’t been able to read these posts, today’s your lucky day; this post contains all of the information found within the last four combined.

Don’t be worried about the size of this post. This isn’t going to be a 5,000-word post. This will contain the key elements of the last four, all presented here. Eventually, this will become a published book, so think of this as a preview. Enjoy!

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The 7 Most Common Misconceptions About Africa

On By Elisha McFarlandIn Blog Posts36 Comments

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This is a massive issue. Once, in a small presentation at a school in Florida, I spoke about Uganda and my life therein. After finishing my small talk, I asked if there were any questions. Instantly, almost every hand rose. For the next half hour, I fielded questions from curious sixth graders, none of whom had even left the country.

Why is this a problem? Because every question they gave was slightly offending, and all are addressed in this post. The lack of African education in the United States is, quite frankly, concerning. So, to combat this massive blight of ignorance, here are the 7 most common misconceptions about Africa.

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