Shedding African stereotypes during the World Cup

Soccer fan at the African Nations Cup 2008

“United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, was reported last week as saying that the Cup had ‘great power’ to present ‘a different story of the African continent, a story of peace, democracy and investment.’ But there’s also the opposite concern—that the event could intensify the story of Africa as a violent and repressive zone. In contrast, living in this part of the world reveals that things are much more complex beneath these two caricatures.”

Read the rest of Guy Berger’s column online at http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-10-28-shedding-african-stereotypes-during-the-world-cup/

see also this article about craft and 2010: http://www.southafrica.info/2010/project2010column29.htm

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