Since the announcement that Africa would host the World Cup, for the first time in its history, commentaries on the world’s most popular sporting event had been generally characterized by cynicism… the focus had constantly been on either the capability to host it (citing security and all what not) or the performance of African teams.
Finally it came, and we watched it like never before… yes! Like never before!A statement by the UN, released Tuesday, endorsed this point. “Irrespective of the result of the final, the real victor of the 2010 World Cup is Africa and the South African people.”
For one whole month the whole world focused on Africa, a continent that had been wrongfully identified with only misnomers… and what did the world see within this period?
