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Contents NEW AFRICAN The bestselling pan-African magazine, founded in 1966

JUNE 2010 ISSUE 496 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

10 2010 WORLD CUP EXTRAVAGANZA!

We join billions of fans worldwide in celebrating the greatest sporting event on earth as it makes its maiden appearance on African soil. Following an unrelenting torrent of Afro-pessimism, Africa is set to prove the world wrong. Welcome to South Africa. Let the games begin!

LETTERS 4 Your news and views

COVER STORY 8 After the World Cup bonanza 16 Prostitution during the World Cup

REPARATIONS DEBATE 18 Lest we forget: The slavery blame-game 20 Time for Europe and America to pay up!

LETTER FROM LAGOS 24 Good luck! Jonathan

FEATURES 26 Sierra Leone: An attitude problem 28 Sudan: What really went on? 30 Somalia: Pirates and their grievances

PoinT OF VIEW 32 UK: Lessons from the “Mother of all Parliaments”

REFLECTIONS 60 Where have all the goats gone? SPECIAL REPORT 62 Health in Africa

AFRICAN FOOTBALL 39 Editor’s note 40 Can an African team win the World Cup? 44 Africa at the World Cup:

Country previews 56 Star interview: Aaron Mokoena

NEW AFRICAN MARKET 72 The perils of free trade in Africa 76 Tazara’s woes

TRIBUTE 78 Edward Blyden: The grandfather of African liberation

DIASPORA 82 Ireland: “We want justice” 84 Guyana: Remembering Walter Rodney

THE ARTS 90 Bob Marley book review 92 Ayi Kwei Armah in his own words 96 Theatre: God’s followers

BACK TO THE FUTURE 98 Greeks bearing gifts