Sports
Dancing in the streets of Cape Town
We came across this group of traditional dancers entertaining people in the streets of Cape Town just before the Cameroon Netherlands game during the 2010 World Cup. Similar displays have caused an uproar with some people feeling that it is inappropriate for women to dance topless. Others however, feel that it is no more than [...]
Pilgrimage to Cameroon V. Netherlands
We decided to take a walk from the Green Point stadium in Cape Town to the Fun Park a couple of hours before Cameroon was set to meet Netherlands. I figure Mardi Gras must be something like this! Netherlands fans flood the street as they walk to the Green Point stadium in Cape Town ahead [...]
Up close and personal with fans at the World Cup
Someone once said, “In Africa, football is not a religion, but it is everything a religion should be.” Every day we wake up to the sound of vuvuzelas in the streets. It is like a clarion call for all football fans to wake up to another day of electrifying games. South Africa has been swept [...]
Ghanaians cheer the Black Stars
Ghanaians waving flag from nekesa were on Vimeo. Ghanaians support their team at the coca cola fanfest in Cape Town during their match against Germany Ghanaians cheering at the 2010 World Cup. Ghanaian fans drumming and singing at the Cape Town fan park during 2010 World Cup
Tackling Kenyan rugby
Nairobi is one of the most prominent cities in Africa politically and financially. It is also a major international destination and a prominent social centre. With boundless energy coursing through its veins Nairobi is the epicentre of everything fun and festive in Kenya and subsequently the home of the most regular and international festival hosted [...]
Super fit for the super series?
It is 4.30pm on a very cold Sunday afternoon at the Rugby Football Union of East Africa grounds. In fact, it has been raining and has only just subsided to a bearable drizzle. The referees begin to trickle, in wrapped up warm, teeth chattering. Everyone is pensive; probably because they have not had a fitness [...]
Tusker Shmusker!
Sports sponsorship can more often than not only be driven by one of two things; a commercial decision or a philanthropic act. A cold tusker for anyone who is not sure what EABL’s incentive was in sponsoring the Safari Sevens tournament. For love or money? Let’s just say for the sake of argument that EABL’s [...]
Live Chat with Ambassador Ranneberger
Ambassador Ranneberger will be back for a live chat on February 25 at 12:00 GMT. Go to: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/nairobi/. Choose “enter as guest,” type in your preferred screen name, and join the discussion. Hope to see you there! (Thanks Sarah)
Captain’s Mbuzi
As day turned to night, the pace changed from hard runs and quick steps, to the intoxicating aroma of the Captain’s Mbuzi as it slowly roasted on the evening fire. The fire represented for me, that eternal flame that burns in the heart of a true Machine; that warmth deep down in our souls every [...]
Vijana V. Wazee
Mean Machine RFC, knowing on which side their bread is buttered, gave The Machine Old Boys the shirts off their backs; literally. And thus the game began, the MOB in the great blue and white, the boys looking like ruffians… Rombo V. Kopo Generations came together, the inspiring and the inspired…. Read more here.
