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World Cup Diary 2010: The noisiest World Cup ever
I am in South Africa for two weeks to go to a few matches and soak up the atmosphere of the 2010 World Cup. I'll try to keep a diary.
Out of Here
I am spending the opening weeks of the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. I have tickets to a few games. The main aim is to be among football people.
The Twitter World Cup
You can follow Africa Is a Country as well as some of our writers - particularly Sonja, Sean and Herman - on Twitter.
Madonna: International Human Rights Defender
The breathless reporting of Madonna's various doings in Africa, including when she is given credit for things she didn't even do, should stop.
Iman is fierce
The achievements of the Somali model and designer, Iman, in a very racist fashion industry, particularly Paris and New York, should be widely celebrated.
We’re Cool Like That
I don’t normally post manifestoes, open letters, or poems — but sometimes you have to make an exception.
The Nandos Plot
The chicken fast-food chain’s latest television commercial, riffing on the World Cup, satirizes stereotypical Africa yet risks reproducing the very tropes it mocks instead.
Africa on Film: The “Tarzan” Films
The "Tarzan" films, which dates back to the beginnings of Hollywood, are a perfect visual representation of colonialism in Africa.
The Stories We Tell About Africa
Chris Abani's musings on telling African stories gets at just about everything Sonja thinks about as she encounters "Africa" every day, and then attempt to write about it.
Tell ’em to skate
The first, and only, half-pipe in East Africa, built entirely by the youth from the Kampala suburb of Kitintale.