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Afro surf / Mami Wata.

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California : Ten Speed Press, [2021]

Surfing -- Africa.

Surfers -- Africa.

9781984860408 (hardcover) :

1984860402 (hardcover) :

318 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

First U.S. edition.

A brief history of surfing in Africa and the Diaspora / by Kevin Dawson -- Zimbabwe: Kunyalala Ndlovu -- South Africa: Michael February ; Cass Collier ; Roger Vuanza ; The light that must suffer / by Kunyalala Ndlovu ; Nick Njapha ; Grant "Twiggy" Baker ; Water / Koleka Putuma ; Joshe Faulkner ; Ntombe Thongo ; Cebo Mafuna ; Clothes that speak / by Klyne Maharaj ; Simo Mkhize ; Tammy Lee Smith-Heaven ; Sea / Mxolisi Nyezwa ; Mhlengi Mbutho ; Davy Stolk ; Alfonzo Pieters ; Jordy Smith ; Chemica Blouw ; Meeting Mami Wata / by Bra Hugh ; Alan Van Gysen -- Mozambique: Sun Min Cho (Mini) -- Gabon: The hand palm holds seven starts / by Kunyalala Ndlovu -- Republic of the Congo: Patrick Bikoumou -- Nigeria: Control is the crisis / Bayo Akomolafe ; Sea or no sea, we surf ; Jomi Marcus-Bello ; Fahd Bello ; Waves of freedom / by Stani Goma ; Godspower Pekipuma ; African storms, the weather that brings waves to Africa / by Steve Pike -- Ghana: Benjamin Baba Haruna ; Saint Francis of the Planet Ploiesti / by Wanlov ; Sidiq Banda ; Joey Lit ; Bernard Bannor (Little Ben) ; Michael Benton (Ballack) ; Afrosurfonomics -- Ivory Coast: The West Factory / by Pierre Nicoud & Hadi Beydoun -- Cape Verde: Claudio Cabral ; Uncle Wolf, his nephew, and the fig tree -- Liberia: Greg Ewing ; Alice Wesseh ; New narrative / by Jean Severin ; Sierra Leone: Kadiatu Kamara ; Jahbez Benga -- Morocco: Maryam El Gardoum ; Morocco spiritual link / by Dr. Eric Ross ; Ramzi Boukhiam -- Somalia: Navigating the triple consciousness of being black, Muslim, and the children of immigrants, young Somalis are forging a new identity through rap / by Abubakar Finiin ; Jamal Salad Abshir ; Home / by Warsan Shire -- Senegal: Maman Germaine Acogny ; Joseph Diatta ; Chérif Fall ; Aita Diop ; Ibra Sambe -- Afrosurf recipes -- Mami Wata Afrosurf playlist -- Sea water.

Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations. AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami Wata, a Cape Town surf company that fiercely believes in the power of African surf. Mami Wata brings together its co-founder Selema Masekela and some of Africa's finest photographers, thinkers, writers, and surfers to explore the unique culture of eighteen coastal countries, from Morocco to Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa, and beyond. Packed with over fifty essays, AFROSURF features surfer and skater profiles, thought pieces, poems, photos, illustrations, ephemera, recipes, and a mini comic, all wrapped in an astounding design that captures the diversity and character of Africa. A creative force of good in their continent, Mami Wata sources and manufactures all their wares in Africa and works with communities to strengthen local economies through surf tourism.-- Amazon.

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