No More 'Africa' as a country, plzzzzzz!

This cropped up during a lesson today...tot I'd mentioned it here.....next time u want to use 'Africa' again as an example of a poor 'country', consider 'Zimbabwe'. See excerpt from Cambridge Examiner's Report 2009:

'More Examiners this year commented on the failure in less successful scripts to provide specific examples, relying on broad, general assertions instead. Africa is constantly used to provide a contrast with developed countries. Still, far too often, it is referred to as a ‘country’ and sweeping generalisations are made regarding its poor agricultural land, widespread poverty and inherent corruption. Zimbabwe was the standard example for any discussion of these features in impoverished African states.'