The Indominable Lion
Samuel Eto'o is the official face of the 2010 World Cup. He is also the most impressive African footballer of the last decade.
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Structures fit for animals
A selection of news items, videos, music from and drive by commentary before I shut down for December 2009.
Why the fear, the fire and the guns remain
The song "Weeping" by Bright Blue is one of five South African tunes (and some of the albums they're on) that I have on repeat right now.
Delayed and watered down
You don't come to Africa Is a Country for positive news and analysis. This week's round-up won't disappoint you.
Fela Kuti was an AIDS denialist
Fela's AIDS diagnosis and denialism was fairly well known and an open secret.
South Africans fought for freedom, but won democracy
The famed South African musician Hugh Masekela has a history of speaking his mind on postapartheid politics.
Blood on the chair
Platon, the New Yorker staff photographer got many of the world's leaders to sit for portraits. A number of African leaders obliged.
The Carnival at the Cape
The historian John Edwin Mason's photographs of Cape Town's New Year's Carnival.
You can now trust Nigerians
Recently advertising and the movies in the West have have been hard on Nigerians. Even when they mean well.
House music
Since it is Friday, I might as well put up a few music videos.
Let Robeson Sing
Manic Street Preachers pay homage to the greatest American of the first half of the twentieth century, Paul Robeson. The music video by Nigerian Andrew Dosunmu is a tribute too.
Who will get rich
The fantasy that local people - small businesspeople, informal traders, especially black people - will make money or get jobs during the 2010 World Cup.