The gallant Black Stars of Ghana who earned a new nickname; BaGhana, BaGhana at the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa returned to their homeland; Accra, Ghana after their World Cup adventure andwere welcomed by thousands of supporters, who stayed deep into Monday’s night at the Accra airport to mark their heroes’ arrival. In my previous post; Africa’s Time That Never Was; I expressed my opinion and that of other African bloggers on the Ghana Black Stars sad exist [...]
In a couple of hours/minutes from now, South Africa will make history as the first African nation to host the World Cup. Since the Rainbow Nations’ name was pulled from the FIFA envelope way back in 2004, the people of South Africa have waited for this moment and now it has arrived. Today, June 11th, 2010; South Africa steps onto the world stage as host nation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup as the international soccer tournament begins – welcoming [...]
Image via Wikipedia The FIFA World Cup which is almost a couple of days away in South Africa isn’t just going to make footballers [soccer players], Coaches, Technical Teams and their nations rich again [in a way] but rather a chance for artists / creative guys to show-case their creativity. Yours truly came across series of colored murals depicting men on horseback, eagle-back and elephant-back; men dressed as supermen, men sprouting wings or plated with armor. First question that came [...]
Once again, the Black Stars coach; Milovan Rajevac has gone for simplicity rather than flashy. Just like he did in the run-up to the Angola 2010 AFCON, Milovan has found his way into my Book of Respect. As much as I like football [soccer] and also a die-hard Chelsea FC fan, I wouldn’t say I do support the Ghana Black Stars that much. Yes, don’t be surprised this is coming from a patriotic citizen like me. Even though their performance [...]
