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Africa on Film: Out of Africa
Our film critic, Allison Swank, rewatches the 1985 film. Her verdict: "Out of Africa" is a media nostalgia piece for a time when whites ruled in Africa.
Obrigado, Pelé
A short film imagines what if Pele, who can claim to be the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time), scored his final international goal against Argentina, Brazil's greatest rival.
El Negrito
Eduardo Galeano once described Diego Maradona: " . . . a short-legged bull, [who] carries the ball sewn to his foot and he’s got eyes all over his body."
Who will play George Weah?
A biopic on the life of Liberian football legend George Weah, a star at PSG and AC Milan and Ballon d'Or in 1995. One question is which actor will get to play the lead role. Idris Elba, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Djimon Honsou and Chiwetel Ejiofor are all good candidates.
More than Graceland
Often lost in narratives of oppression and exile, is that the 1960s and 1970s were also an exceptionally vibrant, creative era for South Africa music too.
The World Cup and Pan-Africanism
In soccer tournaments like the World Cup organized around nations, your nationalism expands as your nation gets knocked out.