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World Cup: Day 6

In  note form because, well, I wrote it in note form:

Out in Cape Town. Went to a place called “Mexican Shabeen Bar.”

Big crowd, seems engaged. Huge Bafana fans. Drinking.

Uruguay scores. Ugh. But Wow!: That was a blast.

We keep holding them in the midfield.

We keep getting called for fouls.

Continue to get called for fouls.

We are great at stealing balls, but can do nothing with it.

Holy Shit: Our goalie is called for a foul?

Holy shit: He’s called for a card?

Holy shit: A F****ng red card?

Well, South Africa just got screwed. They were not going to win. But then again, the ref assured as much, didn’t he?

 

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Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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