The World Cup is 3 days away. So everybody is writing, blogging, speaking, filming and broadcasting from or about Africa (well, specifically South Africa, but it does not stop them from making generalizations about 53 countries and territories). Of course, things will calm down we know in a few days when the media realizes that hosting a World Cup is a day’s work for Africans. But until then, they’re relentless.
We can try, but we can’t keep up with them by giving you long, nuanced, detailed posts. We have things to do, day jobs to go to, World Cup matches to watch (especially this) and in some cases we have small children to put to bed.
But we can do a lot more and do it on the fly in 140 characters.
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Also check the Twitter feed on the right. (Sadly for now only Sean’s tweets.)
Hello Sean,
My name is Kennedy Jawoko. I am a producer with CBC Radio One. I am interested in speaking with you about your postings on how South Africa is being depicted in western media. Could you send me your contact so we can chat?
Many thanks,
Kennedy Jawoko
Producer
Radio Current Affairs, CBC
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5V 3G7
Office: 1-416-205-3631
Cell: 1-647-888-1565
kennedy.jawoko@cbc.ca
Check it out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/08/world-cup-2010-samuel-etoo-racism
Eto’o: “The question we have all the time is whether an African team is able to win the World Cup. But the real question is whether the world is ready for an African team to become champions.”
P.S. Sean, you should come on CBC’s The Current. I live in Toronto, and I can tell you a lot of people, nationwide, will be listening.
agreed! we are fed-up with outsiders trying to figure us out as if we are caged animals in a zoo.
people are living here in case they hadn’t noticed. we are going to do this world cup our way. different, noisy, crazy in parts, south african – african.
bring it on!