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Map of the Day: Africa as a Banana Republic

By Tom Murphy on 13 March 2014 0

File this under cool conceptual maps. This map from Hargreaves and Levin is Africa (minus South Sudan) made up of bananas and plantains. All that really matters is that it’s super cool.

Update: I somehow missed these ones of South America (citrus) and India (spices).

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HT Think Africa Press

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Tom Murphy is a New Hampshire-based reporter for Humanosphere. Before joining Humanosphere, Tom founded and edited the aid blog A View From the Cave. His work has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Huffington Post, the Guardian, GlobalPost and Christian Science Monitor. He tweets at @viewfromthecave. Contact him at tmurphy[at]humanosphere.org.