Bring me my Vuvuzela by Julias Malemo.Firstly, if you look at who is criticising the Vuvuzela you will see it is only one very small sector. And there is a very good reason for that. White people hate anything the Black man does to advance his cultural interests. The Vuvuzela is a part of our culture.
2010 is our World Cup. Africa's first world cup and we are in charge. We call the shots here. Why do you think you can hold the games in Africa and then tell us what to do. Those days are over now. I say to those who criticize our African ways 'If you don’t like you can go. Nobody here is forcing you to watch our games.'
... It may be true that the Vuvuzela is loud. So loud it causes permanent damage to hearing. Good. It is loud because it is strong.
... It may be true that the saliva build up in a Vuvuzela will drip out of the end.
... And it may also be true that this dripping saliva will frequently fall onto the person in front and below.
I wont deny that many of the people blowing Vuvuzelas have AIDS, but it would be discriminatory to object to have AIDS rich saliva dribbled onto you at a football game.
In some Countries where football has been played for many years, the fans of football have devised orderly means by which to register support for their teams as well as means to register disapproval for the opposition. To support their team these fans often use song. Choirs of voices singing well considered musical pieces. To put off opposition they often chant derisory verse, usually with some topical reference that incorporates wit. We in South Africa do not consider this discrimination appropriate. The Vuvuzela deals with this approach to viewing football in two ways. Firstly the Vuvuzela does not discriminate between the teams. Neither the one you support nor the one you oppose will know the difference because one loud constant note is all you get. You see how far ahead of you we are here?
And secondly, the one loud constant note serves the additional purpose of drowning out any of this singing nonsense whereby smart-ass westerners try and impose some superiority complex on us. They think they are so clever with their singing and so superior. Well - we have the Vuvuzela to put them in their place. I would like to see Liverpool Football club try and sing their song of 'walking on' in South Africa. Then they would understand the power of the Vuvuzela.
Now let us consider these football players, like Ronaldo and Evra, with their disgraceful criticisms of the Vuvuzela. Who do they think they are. It is our world cup and if they don’t like it they should go now. The same is true of the whining managers. If they cant manage properly then they should go now. Not blame the Vuvuzela for their incompetence.
The Vuvuzela is a symbol of our Country. It represents the will of the people and it enables every South African to be equal. It requires no preferential skill to play and it makes the same noise for everyone. Nothing symbolises the new South Africa more appropriately than the Vuvuzela. The great leveller serving notice that the Black man has found his voice in Africa.
Do not bring your Western criticism to our door. Remember you are only here for as long as we let you. You don’t like the Vuvuzela? Then you must go now.
