Africa Is a Country

Rhythm like you’ve never seen

Africa Is a Country Podcast
African Five-a-Side Podcast

Rhythm like you’ve never seen

By
Sean Jacobs

No one mixes nationalism, tourism and sport in a feel-good cocktail quite like the South African advertising industry.

I stand corrected, but no one mixes nationalism, tourism and sport in a feel-good cocktail quite like the South African advertising industry. Like in this TV commercial for the South African national tourism authority, where Diski, a South African style of playing football that prioritizes tricks and dribbling – which in real life has only reaped bad results on the field – is roped into promote the 2010 World Cup.

It comes complete with dorky instructional video.

Further Reading

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Sovereignty or supremacy?

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From Cape To Cairo

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