Kuweni Serious: A fresh approach to fighting apathy
Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Not if it has your help
Your government has proposed a new constitution. How on earth do you get your average citizen, especially the younger voters, to read it? If you are one of the twenty-something bright sparks at Kuweni Serious you come up with the idea of amusing comic strips illustrating the key points therein. Click on "Read More" Share
Novelists, NGO workers, rock musicians, conservationists, students, and travel writers track down my email, asking: Would you please comment on my homework assignment / pamphlet / short story / funding proposal / haiku / adopted child / photograph of genuine African mother-in-law? All of the people who do this are white. Nobody from China asks, nobody from Cuba, nobody black, blackish, brown, beige, coffee, cappuccino, mulatte. I wrote “How to Write about Africa” as a piss-job, a venting of steam; it was never supposed to see the light of day. Now people write to ask me for permission to write about Africa. They want me to tell them what I think, how they did. Be frank, they say, be candid. Tell it like it is. I have considered investing in a rubber stamp. Continue to full article @ Bidoun
Architecture and African identity: What happens after the games?
Written by Administrator
Monday, 19 July 2010
The physical legacy of the World Cup
The World Cup is over but the stadiums and all the other infrastructure remains. What do the stadia mean for South Africa? In these brief essays (DOWNLOAD ArchiAfrika, July), Tanzeem Razak from Lemon Pebble Design and Guy Trangos, architect and design tutor, reflect upon the effects of the tournament and the impact Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg has had in terms of its potential to stitch together a fragmented city and in realigning a contemporary identity for the country. Click on "Read More"Share
We do not know our own continent yet we continue to benefit from it
The post event analysis of the now behind us 2010 FIFA World Cup begins. For the most part there is a lot of patting on the back within South African media. Like in this Mail & Guardian report in which FIFA president Sepp Blatter gives the South Africa-hosted event a generous 9 out of 10.
As far as global exposure, that was R45 billion Rand well spent, say some economists, who reckon the country would have had to fork out a lot more to generate the same level of publicity sans World Cup.
The real benefits will only become apparent in the long term, and will probably emerge quietly. I love the creativity that this tournament has ignited. And there are numerous projects I can point to as examples, “Pilgrimages” being one of my favourites. Click on “Read More” Share
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