Sean Jacobs
@seanjacobs.bsky.social
Eric Hobsbawm's idea that the imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people infuses my work.
Rest in power, Nikki Giovanni:
"I come from athletes - kneeling is a sign of love."
"I come from athletes - kneeling is a sign of love."
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Rest in power, Nikki Giovanni:
"I come from athletes - kneeling is a sign of love."
"I come from athletes - kneeling is a sign of love."
I wrote a short obituary of Rashid Vally, Abdullah Ibrahim's go-to record producer for much of the 1970s, including for "Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening." It's on that other app you're all abandoning for here. Vally is in the first posing with a record and the second with the late Hotep Galeta.
December 8, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I wrote a short obituary of Rashid Vally, Abdullah Ibrahim's go-to record producer for much of the 1970s, including for "Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening." It's on that other app you're all abandoning for here. Vally is in the first posing with a record and the second with the late Hotep Galeta.
The five finalists for 2024 African (CAF) Women's Player of the Year (for the period January to October 2024) are sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga (Malawi), Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco), Nadozie Chiamaka (Nigeria) and Barbra Banda (Zambia). The winner will be announced on 16 December in Marrakech.
December 5, 2024 at 12:42 PM
The five finalists for 2024 African (CAF) Women's Player of the Year (for the period January to October 2024) are sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga (Malawi), Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco), Nadozie Chiamaka (Nigeria) and Barbra Banda (Zambia). The winner will be announced on 16 December in Marrakech.
"Soccer Ball, Bag 3", 2011, by Mark Bradford.
December 4, 2024 at 12:59 AM
"Soccer Ball, Bag 3", 2011, by Mark Bradford.
"Pinky Pinky (Ronaldo)", 2002. By Penny Siopis.
November 26, 2024 at 3:28 PM
"Pinky Pinky (Ronaldo)", 2002. By Penny Siopis.
Diego Maradona, who died on this day in 2020, was once described by Eduardo Galeano as a short-legged bull who carries the ball sewn to his foot and has eyes all over his body.
GOAT.
GOAT.
November 25, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Diego Maradona, who died on this day in 2020, was once described by Eduardo Galeano as a short-legged bull who carries the ball sewn to his foot and has eyes all over his body.
GOAT.
GOAT.