'Darker Continent', 'Area of Misery' or 'Resource Depot of the World', we still think and talk about Africa in stereotypes. And we still measure the state and prospects of the continent against the developmental model of the West, even though this has proven to be highly destructive worldwide. In his groundbreaking manifesto, which is both an analysis and a utopia, Felwine Sarr calls for a genuine decolonization of Africa by reconnecting with its forgotten and suppressed intellectual resources, while not denying contact with modernity. Thus, a wealth of cultural and intellectual richness emerges, pointing towards a different, more balanced relationship between people and between humanity and nature. The African cultural revolution also offers urgently needed approaches for the rest of the planet.