Africa is home to 1.1 billion people in 54 nations, speaking 2,000 languages. So why does it get generalised as all doom and gloom when 1 in 3 Africans are middle class?

In the latest episode of UpFront, Mehdi Hasan gives the world a much-needed Reality Check on this prosperous continent.

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