Stereotypes

«A stereotype is a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.» – Collins

Taking into account the definition of stereotype, different stereotypes of the Congo population are represented in the drawing above, which is located in the African continent.

Usually, people form an idea of how someone can be and live in a respective place without having visited before, either through news, other people or videos, among other ways.

In this case, a very common stereotype is to think that Congolese people, because they live in Africa, live in small huts made of mud in the middle of an arid and sparsely populated place, which may or may not be true in large part. The climate of Africa is varied, proof of this, there is Kilimanjaro mountain and cities like Brazzaville.

Also, a known stereotype is, the people of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have HIV. Recall that, Kinshasa was one of the first places where the virus began, however, we can not assure that all people have the virus.

In this way, there are many stereotypes unfounded by information from news, scientific studies or other sources.