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** Alex and Jordan tend to conflate the southern regions of Africa with the nation of South Africa.
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** Alex and Jordan tend to conflate the southern regions sub-continent of South Africa with the nation of South Africa.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Nigeria? Botswana? Seychelles? are these something in a country call Africa?"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Nigeria? Botswana? Seychelles? are these something IsItSomethingYouEat in a country call called Africa?"
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* '''Played for Drama''': At least one of countries in Africa colonizes all of the other African countries to take over a whole continent, and forces the civilians to follow their tradition and speak only government-applied language(s).
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* '''Played for Drama''': At least one of countries in Africa colonizes all of the other African countries to take over a whole continent, and forces the civilians to follow their tradition and speak only government-applied government-recognized language(s).
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** Africans Alex and Jordan are stated to be Nigerian and Ugandan respectively, but no cultural differences are noted, and they are both treated as generically African.
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** Africans Alex and Jordan are stated to be Nigerian and Ugandan respectively, but no cultural differences are noted, or misattributed to another, and they are both treated as generically African.
** Alex and Jordan refer Francophone, Anglophone, Lusophone, and Arab African countries as four collective countries, other countries (Like {{UsefulNotes/Ethiopia}}) are ignored.
** Africa is treated as a one huge country, in a SpaceFillingEmpire setting.
** Africa is treated as a one huge country, in a SpaceFillingEmpire setting.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Nigeria? Botswana? Seychelles? are these something in a country call Africa?"
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* '''Defied''': ???Alex and Jordan do their research about each African countries to ensure no misattribution occurs.
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* '''Played for Drama''':
Drama''': At least one of countries in Africa colonizes all of the other African countries to take over a whole continent, and forces the civilians to follow their tradition and speak only government-applied language(s).
* '''Played forHorror''':Horror''': Similar to the "Played for Drama" above, but genocide also applies.
* '''Played for
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* '''Invoked''': ???
Alex and Jordan are pan-Africanists, so they refer to Africa as a country to promote their ideas.
* '''Exploited''':???During a game show, Alex and Jordan's opponents, who know that they don't know Africa is a continent, pick a category of questions about Africa, knowing Alex and Jordan won't be able to answer them.
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They actually did this in Call The Midwife
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???The country of Sierra Leone is mentioned a few times, but most of the discussion refers to it as "Africa", including the exact same context in which non-African countries are referred to as their country name, not what continent they are from.
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** Alex and Jordan tend to conflate the southern regions of Africa with the nation of South Africa.
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* '''Subverted''': Alex starts talking to Jordan about Africa, but shifts the conversation to South Africa and their culture.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alex starts talking to Jordan about Africa, but shifts the conversation to South Africa and their culture.
** Alex starts talking to Jordan about Africa, but shifts the conversation to South Africa and their culture.
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** African's Alex and Jordan are stated to be Nigerian and Ugandan respectively, but no cultural differences are noted, and they are both treated as generically African.
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** African's Africans Alex and Jordan are stated to be Nigerian and Ugandan respectively, but no cultural differences are noted, and they are both treated as generically African.
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** While more well-known African countries like Egypt and Kenya are differentiated between in some manner, more little-known countries are merely treated as part of a larger whole.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from South Africa.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from SouthAfrica.Africa.
** African's Alex and Jordan are stated to be Nigerian and Ugandan respectively, but no cultural differences are noted, and they are both treated as generically African.
** Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from South
** African's Alex and Jordan are stated to be Nigerian and Ugandan respectively, but no cultural differences are noted, and they are both treated as generically African.
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** Alex and Jordan live in an AlternateUniverse where the entire country of Africa becomes a United Republic, becoming simultaneously a country and continent like Australia.
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** Alex and Jordan live in an AlternateUniverse or future where the entire country continent of Africa becomes a United Republic, becoming simultaneously a country and continent like Australia.
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* '''Parodied''': Humans are shown being offended at aliens making overbroad statements about earth [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which resemble infamous statements about Africa.
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* '''Parodied''': Humans are shown being offended at aliens making overbroad statements about earth [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which resemble infamous statements about Africa.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from South Africa
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* '''Downplayed''': Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from South AfricaAfrica.
** Alex and Jordan talk about Africa in terms of broad regions. This is because they are talking about geography and ecology and lines on maps aren't relevant.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Humans are shown being offended at aliens making overbroad statements about earth [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything which resemble infamous statements about Africa.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alex and Jordan are {{UpperClassTwit}}s who conflate Africa so completely they cannot agree if Africa has jungles, savannas, or deserts but both agree that having all three would be impossible..
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* '''Averted''': ???
African countries are clearly delineated.
* '''Enforced''':???The executives think ViewersAreMorons and won't want to hear about African countries they didn't know about.
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Back to [[tvtropes.org Africa Is A Country]]
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Back to [[tvtropes.org [[https://tvtropes.org/ Africa Is A Country]]
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* '''Double Subverted''': ... turns out he was referring to "South Africa" in the same vein you’d refer to “South Asia”
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* '''Double Subverted''': ... turns out he was referring to "South Africa" in the same vein you’d refer to “South Asia”as a region rather than a country.
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Back to [Trope]
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Back to [Trope][[tvtropes.org Africa Is A Country]]
... wait a sec, that’s the entire website, use AfricaIsACountry instead.
... wait a sec, that’s the entire website, use AfricaIsACountry instead.
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** Alex and Jordan grew up in an ignorant community that didn’t teach them these things.
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** Alex and Jordan grew up in an ignorant community that didn’t didn't teach them these things.things.
** Alex and Jordan live in an AlternateUniverse where the entire country of Africa becomes a United Republic, becoming simultaneously a country and continent like Australia.
** Alex and Jordan live in an AlternateUniverse where the entire country of Africa becomes a United Republic, becoming simultaneously a country and continent like Australia.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ... turns out he was referring to “South Africa” in the same vein you’d refer to “South Asia”
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* '''Double Subverted''': ... turns out he was referring to “South Africa” "South Africa" in the same vein you’d refer to “South Asia”
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'''Basic Trope''': The continent of Africa is generalized to the point of undermining its diversity compared to other broad continents.
* '''Straight''': Alex talks to Jordan about their countries of origin. Jordan (Black American) opens with a discussion of Germany's culture and cities. Alex (White American) talks about Africa as if it were one huge country with Jordan just as ignorant as Alex.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alex and Jordan write a report about 5 different countries and their cultures. They describe each country in great detail including a timeline for each town and tradition. Africa, the 5th country, only takes up 3 pages and describes a large savannah country.
* '''Downplayed''': Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from South Africa
* '''Justified''':
** Alex and Jordan are just not aware of Africa being a continent just like Europe.
** Alex and Jordan grew up in an ignorant community that didn’t teach them these things.
* '''Inverted''': Alex and Jordan are having a conversation about Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Uganda along with their contributions to Bollywood. Jordan also believes [=he/she=] is mostly Nigerian. Alex decides to shift their conversation to the country of Asia and Europe.
* '''Subverted''': Alex starts talking to Jordan about Africa, but shifts the conversation to South Africa and their culture.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... turns out he was referring to “South Africa” in the same vein you’d refer to “South Asia”
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Straight''': Alex talks to Jordan about their countries of origin. Jordan (Black American) opens with a discussion of Germany's culture and cities. Alex (White American) talks about Africa as if it were one huge country with Jordan just as ignorant as Alex.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alex and Jordan write a report about 5 different countries and their cultures. They describe each country in great detail including a timeline for each town and tradition. Africa, the 5th country, only takes up 3 pages and describes a large savannah country.
* '''Downplayed''': Alex and Jordan try to talk about the whole of Africa without calling it a single country, but they barely know about specific cultures aside from South Africa
* '''Justified''':
** Alex and Jordan are just not aware of Africa being a continent just like Europe.
** Alex and Jordan grew up in an ignorant community that didn’t teach them these things.
* '''Inverted''': Alex and Jordan are having a conversation about Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Uganda along with their contributions to Bollywood. Jordan also believes [=he/she=] is mostly Nigerian. Alex decides to shift their conversation to the country of Asia and Europe.
* '''Subverted''': Alex starts talking to Jordan about Africa, but shifts the conversation to South Africa and their culture.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... turns out he was referring to “South Africa” in the same vein you’d refer to “South Asia”
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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