Neymar e a política racial do Brasil
E, no Brasil, Neymar não é negro (ou preto).
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Boima’s Rio World Cup Diary: FIFA Standards
Day nine of our Rio correspondent's World Cup diary wonders who the tournament is for and what the protesters demand.
We’re not Monkeys or Panthers
The rap music of Z'Africa Brasil -- composed of rappers Gaspar and Funk Biu, DJ Tano and producer Pitchô.
A Bronx Story: Ghana vs USA
The fate of World Cup draws has fostered an unlikely rivalry between Ghana and the United States.
Neymar and Brazil’s racial politics
Why did Neymar - the one time he was asked about discrimination - respond: “Never. Neither inside nor outside the field. Because I’m not black right?”
Why is the Wall St Journal trash-talking Ghana already? Go #BlackStars!
It’s World Cup time, bring on the articles full of historical stereotypes and racial codes disguised as insightful sports commentary. For the past two World Cups, the USA team has been routinely decimated by the Ghanaian squads. As a Ghanaian American, I side with my Blackstars, and try to find the nearest Ghanaian restaurant to […]
Boima’s Rio World Cup Diary: Copa pra Quem? (Day 4)
One of the popular phrases that came out of the protests in the run up to the Cup was, “Copa pra quem”? On the third and fourth days of the Cup, I’ve been darting around to different neighborhoods in Rio during the matches — from favelas to wealthy beach front neighborhoods, and from street corner […]
Boima’s Rio World Cup Diary: Protests and Fan Fests (Day 2)
I haven’t been on social media yet, and I’m sure everyone’s already talking about this, but how fitting is it that the first goal of the tournament is an own goal by Brazil? I mean four goals scored by Brazil, one for the other team, perfectly illustrates Brazilian feelings about the build up to this […]
Boima’s Rio World Cup Diary: A tale of two copas (Day 1)
World Cup Day 1 — The sun is out in Rio for the first time in days. It’s a national holiday. Anticipation in the air. I’m woken up to the sound of horns. My first Brazilian national home game of significance is today… but perhaps this one is bigger than many. This is because there […]
An African team in the World Cup semi-finals?
African champions, Nigeria, go into the 2014 World Cup with the best chance of making a big impression.
Africa Is a Country Radio: Episode #3
Episode 3 of Africa is a Country Radio is live on Groovalizacion and the AIAC Mixcloud page. Brazil being on much of the world’s minds these days we had to open the show with a dedication to the World Cup host country. A special post-show big up to the Brazilian people — who stay challenging the status […]
A brief history of Nigeria’s Super Eagles
There are no records of when the first official football match was played in Nigeria, but it started in the 1920s.
Friendship Forever
China is building new football stadiums in Africa. If its “agenda” of stadium diplomacy has been concealed, it hasn’t really been hidden very far from view.
Boxing lesson
Our video department went to train at the Hillbrow Boxing Club in downtown Johannesburg.
Cricket in America
The chance to place cricket fully in its poco setting – beyond its boundary – and to understand it as a form of political contestation.
Ruud Gullit and the Struggle for South African Freedom
When Gullit won the Ballon d’Or in 1987, he dedicated the award to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela; then made a reggae song about Apartheid.
Finding the Afro- in Brazil
Last week I wrote a post about my excitement around the African musical permutations I was hearing this year in Trinidad’s Carnival. Since this week I was in Brazil for my first Carnaval Carioca, I wanted to also write about my experiences seeking out similar connections as a newcomer to this country. It’s no secret that […]
The Tragedy of Justin Fashanu, soccer’s first openly gay player
Also an insight into the openly racist and homophobic atmosphere that passed for public life in Margaret Thatcher's England.
Give that man a Bells
There’s a commercial for Bell’s, a popular South African whisky (“Give that man a Bells”), that is currently doing the rounds on the Interwebs and has a lot of people weeping on Twitter and Facebook. The ad was released as part of Super Bowl Weekend. No there’s no Super Bowl in South Africa–it was just […]
The “Apartheid-era Robin Hood”
I wrote a long piece on Zola Mahobe, a Soweto businessman who died last December (two weeks after Nelson Mandela) and who is credited with transforming Mamelodi Sundowns. The team is currently one of the “big three” South African football clubs and is owned by Patrice Motsepe, the best example of a postapartheid oligarch: he […]