Submitted by messyredemptions t3_y45b1e in UpliftingNews
HugeElephantEars t1_isca3dl wrote
Southern Africa, not South Africa. Malawi is above Zim.
Basdad t1_iscdccd wrote
Thank you for being accurate, title was bothering me.
DrMandalay t1_iseepcz wrote
The West treats Africa like it's a small village, not a continent of a billion people. Malawi, South Africa. What a joke.
Safferino83 t1_isezmmt wrote
I moved to Australia and when one person found out I was South African they asked if I knew such and such in Kenya…. Also when they find out my mother was born in Zimbabwe ( Rhodesia in those days) I get the response “…….. but your not black”
Basdad t1_isenpc9 wrote
Indeed, I considered making the comment that many of us (in the US) believe that Africa I’d a village of mud huts.
Justforthenuews t1_isfm0qo wrote
There have been times when I tried to explain to other Americans that parts of Africa are culturally aligned with the Middle East, and the looks on their faces. Dear lord, I’ve seen it when I say Egypt is located in Africa.
Obviously this isn’t everyone, and in my experience it’s not even the majority (take that with a cup of salt, the US is huge), but it really makes you want to slam your face into a tree when you run into someone that’s a walking stereotype of what people from other countries think of Americans.
Cethinn t1_isgt282 wrote
Luckily all of Africa is a desert so there's no trees to slam your head into. (/s if that's required for some reason)
MaxTHC t1_isgqm89 wrote
Giving the author the benefit of the doubt, her bio says she's from Kenya. Which is, you know, in Africa. So she certainly doesn't represent "The West" here, and it's quite possible English isn't her first language.
Many languages don't really have a distinction between "South X" and "Southern X". And in English we do use "West Africa", "East Africa", and "North Africa" to refer to entire regions with multiple countries. So it's not entirely unreasonable to assume that "South Africa" refers to the whole region.
South America is a continent, South Asia is a region, South Africa is a country, and South Australia is a state. That's not necessarily easy to keep straight.
messyredemptions OP t1_ish5j5a wrote
Yes, I'm wondering also if she referred to it as South due to her own geographic bias where Malawi would in general be South of Kenya.
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mmm_burrito t1_isftsr8 wrote
Lots of us who have seen a map for 10 seconds would have caught it.
messyredemptions OP t1_ise1q7j wrote
My apologies for not taking the opportunity to correct OP's title. I was excited by the sentiment and general news about what she did and shared it before really thinking much further. Thanks for posting the correction here!
Pandering_Panda7879 t1_ise7f5w wrote
IIRC you can't change the title when you crosspost - but I might be wrong.
DisplayFair9153 t1_iseaz4m wrote
You can. It's a required field, but it fills in the original title by default, so you can edit it or not.
eddometer t1_isee1c0 wrote
Article is wrong too anyway
HugeElephantEars t1_iseu872 wrote
Yeah it's kind of our fault for naming our country as directions instead of an actual name!
sarah-lee1991 t1_isdwqyc wrote
Thanks for the clarification. I was confused.
AliSparklePops t1_isf7mvj wrote
South-Eastern Africa. Not Southern. Southern is South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
MsFoxxx t1_isd47g9 wrote
r/confidentlyincorrect
Malawi is in EAST AFRICA
BucBrady t1_isd5vzb wrote
r/confidentlyincorrect
Malawi is a south-east African country, some do consider it southern Africa
theotherwhiteafrican t1_isec24a wrote
I've never once heard Malawi referred to as East African. They're a part of SADC, not EAC. Weird.
MsFoxxx t1_iseeb0v wrote
If you Google it literally says it's in EAST Africa.
Luhood t1_isefeck wrote
If you check Wikipedia it literally says SOUTHEAST Africa.
The CIA World Fact Book says SOUTHERN Africa.
The Malawi Department of Tourism says SOUTHEAST Africa.
I tried checking the Malawi Government's own site but couldn't access it for whatever reason.
Neither the official Malawi Twitter or Facebook pages seem to say anything about it.
So in short: It might not necessarily be Southern Africa, but it sure doesn't seem to be Eastern.
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e55at t1_isefciq wrote
Nobody in Malawi considers it East Africa.
theotherwhiteafrican t1_isekdvd wrote
What says EAST Africa? Which site, show me. Certainly none of these https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Malawi
HappyLittleRadishes t1_isf5i15 wrote
Don't just delete this comment delete your entire account
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