Africa Is a Country

Shameless Self-Promotion

Shameless Self-Promotion

By
Sean Jacobs

A piece I wrote was published in The New York Times–on January 1, 2011–as part of an op-ed feature “Around the World in 12 Months (in 2010).”

My recollections of the 2010 World Cup was the entry for June.  My 4 year old daughter (she’s now 5) traveled with me and the piece riffs on her experiences of the tournament.

Read it here.

—Sean Jacobs

* If you’re wondering why I am posting on January 3, I’m in Cape Town for The New School’s winter school break. New York City is 7 hours behind. (We left New York City right before the blizzard hit).

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Kenya’s stalemate

A fundamental contest between two orders is taking place in Kenya. Will its progressives seize the moment to catalyze a vision for social, economic, and political change?

More than a building

The film ‘No Place But Here’ uses VR or 360 media to immerse a viewer inside a housing occupation in Cape Town. In the process, it wants to challenge gentrification and the capitalist logic of home ownership.