Chimurenga Vol. 10: Futbol, Politricks & Ostentatious Cripples
(december '06)

 

Disappeared (a memoir, by Graciela Daleo)

Two poems against Parreira, Felipao and other futebol coaches who should be bullfighters (by Adriano Sousa, translated from the Portuguese by Richard Bartlett)

A poem for Marc-Vivien Foe (by Molara Wood); another on God and the Athlone Stadium (by Gabeba Baderoon)

Of Fabric and Football – a travelogue in 5 parts:

1. Ghana has no politics – The Gnassingbes – Lome (“Interdit de chier ici”) – MamaBenzes – How to write about Africa – How to read Kourouma – Adebayor for Franglofony – The Entire Continent Everywhere (by Binyavanga Wainana)


2. Diouf! and his lawyers – a stadium named Senghor – SUVs and platinum chains – Biya's election campaigns – Black Jesus – The Lion known as Zamoleto (in Cairo) – Mothers of Millionaire Footballers – an airport named Houphouet Boigny (by Knox Robinson)


3. Grobbelaar on video – Blacks outnumber Whites 3 to 1 – Drunk Driving in Kaapstad – Ajax philosophy – The McCarthys – Mark Gleeson's BMW – The 3 main causes of death in Zimbabwe – Shibobo, the Anthem – More beers (by Simon Kuper)


4. The Vatican and KKK Grand Wizards – The Santiagos – Cuba after Fidel – Swart Gevaar (or La Reconquista) – La philosophie d'Henri – How to Motivate a Genetic Gypsy – Joga Bonito ads – Valladolid is not Spain, but it is (by Peter James Hudson)


5. Zao says tout le monde est cadavere – CRTV says Zero Mort (The News: 7:30 / Le Journal: 8:00) – Dr Abega – Le General Lea – Le Renouveau, La Crise Economique and the Revolutionary Bookseller – Um Nyobe’s Head – Omam’s Header – Biya still campaigning (by Patrice Nganang)

Like Cows Driven to a Dip – the 2001 Ellis Park stadium disaster (by Peter Alegi)

Two stories about love and hate:

• 69 Jerusalem st (by Lindiwe Nkutha)
• Tip – or Familiar Anonymous Ecstasy (by Julia Napier)

A tricolour triptych:

• Head – Zinedine Zidane and the Event of the Secret (by Grant Farred)
• Body – To Defend and To Question (French libero Lilian Thuram talking with Achille Mbembe, translated from the French by Cullen Goldblatt)
• Corpses – Frantz, a story of bones (by Dominique Malaquais)

Poverty is Older than Opulence (Filmmaker Emir Kusturica talking with Argentinean legend Diego Maradona, translated from the Serbian and French by Nina Novaković, Matthieu Dhennin and Ntone Edjabe)

The Daydream of a Loner (Filmmaker Philippe Parreno talking with Cyril Neyrat, translated from the French by Sally Shafto)

Outros: Zapatistas and People’s Power (by Gustavo Esteva) and Meeting Fidel (by Olu Oguibe)

Art and Photography: Buyaphi Mdledle, Gerd Rohling, Andrew Dosunmu, Philippe Niorthe, Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah, Kate Simon, Nicola Schwartz, Joel-Peter Witkin, Joseph Francis Sumegne, Cuban Ministry of Information

Cover: “Table Head (Evora, Portugal)” by Nicola Schwartz

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