Luck in the City: Sports Betting in Lusaka
There are three frequently advertised products on the state television channel in Zambia: laundry detergent, fruit juice and sports betting.
‘In your spirit, you are chacharrera as well’
Llovía y hacía 35 grados. Pretendía cruzar la ciudad, desde el sur hasta el norte de Cali, Colombia. El sistema de transporte en esta ciudad latinoamericana tan chiquita es caótico, saturado y poco frecuente. La opción más rápida era el transporte intermunicipal; los vehículos que conectaban la ciudad con las aldeas rurales. Lo cogí.
Black bodies in transit
I come from a part of Cross River State, Nigeria, where we are called ‘Atam’ meaning slaves, the Efiks (a majority ethnic group) use to kidnap our people and sell to the white man. We were a minority tribe. African bodies will keep migrating because some people benefit from the stagnation and backwardness of Africa,” said ‘Ejen’ as I sat in his African-themed living room in Cardiff, Wales discussing life as a Black migrant coming all the way from Cross River State, Nigeria.