I really hate these mercator articles. This one is particularly egregious because it takes a potentially interesting subject and just ignores every detail. No mention that they are talking only about one specific map projection. No mention of it by name even. No mention of what trade offs projections must make. No exploration of other projections. No mention of historically why we commonly use this one, or what others could be appropriate. Obsession with area above all else as if what area a country occupies on a map is important. No support for this view either, map area is implied to be all important. General implication that it's some kind of colonialist sneer at Africa. One could just as easily write an article about how unfair it is that Africa gets to be at the centre of the map, again without explaining why on earth that matters.