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Traveling from Assinie, Côte d’Ivoire to Accra, Ghana was an adventure in and of itself, hitchhiking in the early morning, negotiating with an obstinate bush taxi driver, cramming ourselves into a mini-bus with 9 other people and all of our collective luggage. Quite the up close and personal way to get to know the local people!
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K’naan is a Canadian rapper from Somalia. His track, “Wavin’ Flag”, from his album “Troubadour”, was chosen as an official world cup anthem. Coca Cola, one of the corporate sponsors of the event, asked him to rewrite some lyrics of the song which they deemed to be not in keeping with their image. The offending lyrics goes as follows: “Somalia, a violent, poor people zone. People struggling, fighting to eat.”
Academic & Pro, Arts & Entertainment »
The World Cup Opens with the host country South African playing against Mexico. The match ended 1 for South Africa, 1 for Mexico
Watch Tshabalala score the first goal of the game 10 minutes into the second half of the game.
Rafael Marquez scored Mexico’s only goal to earn a 1-1 draw.
France and Uruguay face each other in the other Group A game later Friday.
Watch South Africa pre-opening interviews here
“Football legend Pelé in South Africa”. Pelé launched Pelé Sports at a dirt pitch in Melrose Arch on Thursday.
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The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is under way. The opening ceremony has taken place at Johannesburg’s 94,000-capacity Soccer City. Jean-Sébastien Brettes, Melissa Gundlach, and Nicholas Kuhn left for Africa to start “We’re Going to the World Cup!” followed by a small camera crew, making a pilgrimage down the continent from Morocco to South Africa.
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NY African Film Festival 2010 Continues In May at BAMcinématek
17TH NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Join us in celebrating the conclusion of the 17th New York African Film Festival at BAM, in conjunction with DanceAfrica. Come out for good music, good dance, good food and of course GOOD FILMS!

