At Kimara in Dar es Salaam, I saw a small place called Vuvuzela Hair Salon. As an icon, the vuvuzela was quickly becoming a feature of popular culture, speech and jokes.During the World Cup, I read that people from Europe and elsewhere who traveled to South Africa for the World Cup took the vuvuzela home as a souvenir. Not everyone likes the vuvuzela, though. A few days ago, I read a report about efforts to ban the vuvuzela from a sporting event in New Zealand.
On July 11, I was in a bar called Sawai Grand, in the Sinza area of Dar es Salaam. It was packed with soccer fans. We were watching the final of the World Cup between Holland and Spain. That day, I saw the vuvuzela for the first time. The bar owner, a friend of mine, had brought it from South Africa. He handed that vuvuzela to me. I held it and blew it, again and again.
On July 11, I was in a bar called Sawai Grand, in the Sinza area of Dar es Salaam. It was packed with soccer fans. We were watching the final of the World Cup between Holland and Spain. That day, I saw the vuvuzela for the first time. The bar owner, a friend of mine, had brought it from South Africa. He handed that vuvuzela to me. I held it and blew it, again and again.
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south africa will not only be remembered for sucessful hosting of the world cup but also for the invention of the magic vuvuzela. as they spread everwhere i managed to buy two vuvuzelas. i intend to keep one of the two for quite a long time to come so that it keeps reminding me of WOZA 2010.
I stayed Tanzania, up to August 21, and with every passing day, I saw how rapidly the vuvuzela was spreading. It shows up on all kinds of occasions, not just soccer matches. Now that the election campaigns have started, I believe they will be flooded with vuvuzelas.
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