Category Archives: Africa
Looking Back on South Africa
By Jake Amatruda MINNEAPOLIS – The popular image of sub-Saharan Africa is usually a hungry child standing in a dust- and dirt-floored hut. During my time in South Africa over recent months, I witnessed something different. In the bustling cities … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, foreign aid, Globalist, Overseas Bureau
Cup of Contrast (a World Cup Flashback)
Night: Players from the English and American teams take the field, before singing their national anthems. (Amatruda/TYG) And day: Bandana-clad fans from the Mtuba Football Academy at the Japan v. Netherlands match in Durban, SA. (Messing) By Jake Amatruda SOUTH … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Culture and the Cup, sports
The Summer of the Vuvuzela
By Jake Amatruda It is the summer of the vuvuzela, and people are marching through the streets blowing those obnoxious plastic horns that seem to be a staple of South African fan craze. The vuvuzela has been around for the … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Culture and the Cup, sports
Soccer and HIV in South Africa
By Jake Amatruda MTUBATUBA, South Africa — Just inland of Africa’s southeast coast, a downtown taxi rink bustles every day around 4 p.m. as people make their way home from work. Mtuba has only a few thousand people and three … Continue reading
An Interview with Justice Richard J. Goldstone
by Jennifer Parker On Wednesday, January 27, I interviewed Justice Richard J. Goldstone before he delivered the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture entitled “Accountability for War Crimes.” (I also reported on the event for the Yale Daily News.) Justice Goldstone … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, law, Middle East
