Though the Faroe Islands are inhabited by less than 50,000 souls, the Danish dependency boasts its very own professional soccer league—one that includes four separate tiers of prestige, topped by the premier-level Vodafonedeildin. As this excellent photo set demonstrates, even the league’s most elite teams don’t draw enormous crowds—though, granted, the humans in those images […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ghana'
Have Boot, Will Travel
October 11th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Tags:David Asare·Faroe Islands·Ghana·immigration·Ivory Coast·soccer·sports
No Rest for the Frightened
October 10th, 2011 · 4 Comments
I’m going to labor under the delusion that y’all have Columbus Day off, even though I don’t. Here’s to hoping that you, unlike the sizable Microkhan team, get to spend the next 24 hours doing something that brings the utmost joy to you hearts.
Tags:Afrobeat·Ghana·music·Pierre Antoine
Keeping Up with the Boatengs
April 19th, 2011 · 4 Comments
Who among us doesn’t enjoy a tale of humanity laughing in the face of death? And so a zillion eyeballs were understandably drawn to this entertaining New York Times‘ account of the massive parties that Ghanaian expatriates throw when a loved one back home meets his or her Maker. This admirably raucous tradition is a […]
The Opulent Goodbye
February 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Opulent Goodbye
The late Hmong military leader Vang Pao is currently being memorialized in grand fashion, as his culture’s traditions dictate: [Vang Pao’s] funeral — six days and nights, with 10 cows slaughtered and stir-fried each day — has become a send-off for the ages. It began last Friday, his body borne on a horse-drawn carriage through […]
Around the World in 3,287 Days
June 25th, 2009 · 7 Comments
A Nepalese cyclist in the midst of a nine-year, around-the-world ride hits Ghana. The roughest part of Lok Bandhu Karki’s epic journey so far? Getting jacked in Malaysia: The journey has not been without difficulties. “Courage keeps me going,” he says of his worst experiences in a journey, which has also been characterised by robbery […]