From coffee beans to polyrhythms,penis transplants and the world’s oldest mathematical objects, here are some of our favourite things from the huge continentTwitter nearly gave itself an aneurysm over Taylor Swift’s latest music video Wildest Dreams, or which had all the usual cliches that make its location immediately identifiable as idyllic,romanticised “Africa”: sunsets, wildlife, and safari boots and definitely no natives. You start to wonder,is that all there is to this huge continent? Are Africans wonderful for nothing else?So I’ve ventured into the sad recesses of the web to discover how Africa shaped our world and gave us some of our favourite things. Hold on to your pith helmets. Related: Six icons of Britishness that were actually created by immigrants | Oliver Wainwright Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com