Toto meets Mango Groove
FIFA and the South African organizers of the World Cup have unveiled the 2010 World Cup "official" song: It's a rip-off of a Cameroonian military song.
SPORTS
Have a Coke and Smile
Coca-Cola’s ad trivializes Cameroon’s 1990 World Cup breakthrough, ignoring its transformative global impact.
Africa’s World Cup
Binyavanga Wainaina and Teju Cole are among those on a panel discussing the historic 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa; the first time on the continent.
The Final Countdown
For those doubting South African can host a successful World Cup, the country has a long history of successfully hosting big tournaments.
The Messiah
There is something tail-swishingly devilish about the way Lionel Messi runs with a football.
Akon’s Africa
The Senegalese-American crooner's uninspiring "Oh Africa" reminds of bubblegum South African pop from the 1980s.
Kehinde Wiley paints African football
Wiley, known for painting black men as figures from Renaissance art, now does the same with Africa's best football talents.
The Transformation of K’naan
How a political song about the aftermath of the Cold War, refugees and statelessness was defanged, first for FIFA and then for Coca Cola.
Rhythm like you’ve never seen
No one mixes nationalism, tourism and sport in a feel-good cocktail quite like the South African advertising industry.
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.
You Never Walk Alone
It's no accident that so many South Africans watch and support English Premier League football teams.
Manufacturing controversy
The mass support for Caster Semenya among South Africans is paradoxical: of a country deeply divided, yet at certain moments strangely united around a common cause.