Fara Ndiaye
Fara Ndiaye is the co-founder of Speak Up Africa, an advocacy group focused on promoting health and development in Africa. Recently, she was in the news for her involvement in the 'Correct The Map' campaign, which seeks to replace the distorted Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection in educational curricula and global institutions, aiming to empower African identity and pride.
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Fara Ndiaye is the co-founder of Speak Up Africa, leading the campaign to correct the map of Africa.
‘Correcting The Map’: reshaping perceptions of Africa
Taiwan· 2025-09-20
Fara Ndiaye, co-founder and deputy executive director of Speak Up Africa, stresses the urgency of investing in Africa's health sovereignty.
Recherche et l’innovation en santé : Speak Up Africa lance la 2e édition de l’initiative les Voix Africaines de la Science
Burkina Faso· 2025-09-19
Fara Ndiaye is the co-founder of Speak Up Africa, which is leading the campaign 'Correct the Map'.
'Correcting The Map': Reshaping perceptions of Africa
Kenya· 2025-09-07Fara Ndiaye is a co-founder of Speak Up Africa who emphasizes the global implications of correcting the map.
Γιατί κάποιοι θέλουν να μεγαλώσουν την Αφρική στον παγκόσμιο χάρτη;
Greece· 2025-08-23
Fara Ndiaye from Speak Up Africa emphasizes the importance of maps in shaping perceptions of power and the world.
Das soll sich nun ändern
Switzerland· 2025-08-22
Fara Ndiaye, co-founder of Speak Up Africa, highlights the direct impact of map distortion on the identity and pride of Africans, especially children.
Index - Tudomány - Afrikában igenis fontos a méret, ezt pedig hamarosan a világ arcába is tolhatják
Hungary· 2025-08-21
Fara Ndiaye is the co-founder and deputy executive director of Speak Up Africa, advocating for a change in the representation of Africa on maps.
“Los mapas no son dibujos inocentes”: África exige un cambio en la cartografía que muestre el tamaño real del continente | Planeta Futuro
Spain· 2025-08-20
Fara Ndiaye is the deputy director of Speak Up Africa and co-initiator of the campaign 'Correct the Map'.
L’Union africaine soutient la campagne «Correct the Map» pour une représentation plus juste de la carte de l’Afrique | Gabonreview.com
Gabon· 2025-08-19
Fara Ndiaye, co-founder of Speak Up Africa, highlighted the negative impact of the Mercator map on African identity and pride.
African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size
Tanzania· 2025-08-17