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At the rocky point separating Ipanema and Copacabana, a young surfer catches a ride past giant granite slabs, 1975. From "Rio de Janeiro" by Douglas Botting and Art Kane, 1977. https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVIh4cNEXu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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La Copacabadi beach: The Brazil in Ghana – Selwyn Sackey

Mural of Afro Brazilian Colony in Accra,Ghana.

Ghana ‘the brazil of African football’. A term adopted in the football circles especially during international tournaments. It is no coincidence as to why the two nations have similarities in style of play. A typical Ghanaian or Brazilian footballer will like to show his tricks and dribbling skills.

Ghana is located in West Africa while Brazil is in South America. Different continents but science makes us understand the history and geographic locations of continents through Tectonic activities. Continents rest on massive slabs of rocks called tectonic plates and move away from each other through these activities. Continents are still moving today and we can evidently see that if you try to join the East Coast of South America to the West African coast, it fits.

Merged South America and Africa 

Brazil House of the Tabon People. Accra, Ghana.

History will also refer to us that a lot of slaves from Ghana then ‘Gold Coast’ were “exported” across the Atlantic Ocean to South America especially Brazil. Until the late 1800s slave population of Brazil exceeded the freemen. In Accra there’s a Brazil House in the Tabon Community. 

They are Afro Brazilians who returned from exile in 1836.Then newly arrived “strangers” and their descendants and others who “returned” from overseas exile, found space to preserve their unique “Brazilian” identity while adopting the Ga language. The Ga people labelled the Brazilians “Tabon.” 

This nickname was apparently a local rendering of the Portuguese greeting, “ésta bom” and “ta bom.” Both terms mean “how are you” and “all’s well” respectively. Coconut Trees, Carnivals, Music, Drums, Dance and Spirituality are what you’ll experience at the Copacabana and Labadi Beach.

In Ghana we say “Football is the passion of the nation”, Brazil says “the nation’s passion or the country of football”. There’s no way we can compare Brazil and Ghana on the football world stage. Brazil is obviously miles apart but let us look at them in their respective continents. Brazil has 9 Copa America titles, they won their fourth in 1989 while Ghana had won their fourth and last AFCON seven years earlier. In 2019, Brazil won their 9th Copa America. In 2019, Ghana made their 19th attempt at winning the AFCON after their last in 1982. It’s been 38 years since Ghana Black Stars last won a major tournament.

On the 6th February, 1969 Accra Hearts of Oak were held to a 2–2 draw game by a Pele led Santos FC of Brazil in an international friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium. Pele went on to predict an African country will win the World Cup before the 21st Century.

Hearts of Oak Striker Amusa Gbadamosi and Pele

Ghana’s greatest player Abedi Ayew was named after one of the world’s greatest Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pele’. Another Ghanaian player who was dubbed as the next Pele is Nii Odartey Lamptey. 

Who Pele himself said that’s his successor after he watched the then 15 year old live at Hampden Park when he burst onto the scene in the 1989 Under 16 World Championship before leading Ghana to win the successive tournament in 1991 and winning the best player of the tournament. 

A tournament which had Alessandro Del Piero and Juan Sebastian Veron of Italy and Argentina respectively. In the streets and sandy fields where football is played in Ghana there are so many players nicknamed Pele because of their dribbling skills and tricks. Growing up as a young Ghanaian footballer in my generation, you were either Ronaldo Fenomeno or Ronaldinho Gaucho and our fathers made reference to Romario and Bebeto. So you know from generations Ghana draws inspiration from the World’s greatest football nation, Brazil.

Nii Odartey Lamptey celebrates winning the 1991 FIFA Under 17 World Cup.

In 1995,Ghana won their second Under-17 FIFA World Cup beating Brazil 3–2. In 1997 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, Brazil beat Ghana 2–1 in the final in Egypt. A game Ghana dominated but lost to loss of concentration.In 1999 FIFA Under-17 World Cup the two nations clashed in the semi-final with the South Americans winning on penalties and going ahead to win their second FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

Ghana’s Under-20 team Black Satellites met their South American counter parts in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2001 in Argentina. The West Africans won 2–1 in the quarter finals against Brazil going all the way to the final but lost to the host nation. The two nations crossed paths again in the 2007 FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Ghana won 1–0 in the round of 16. The Black Starlets finished in the semi finals losing 2–1 to a Bojan Krkic extra time match winner for Spain. Two years after that on African soil, Ghana became the first African nation to win the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt. 4–3 on penalties against Brazil after a goalless 120 minutes of football.

Three years earlier, their seniors, the Black Stars were battered by Selecao (Brazil Senior national team) 3–0 in the Round of 16 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. 

Notable names in that fixture are players who beat Brazil in 2001 in the Under-20 tournament. Muntari, Essien, Pappoe, Mensah, Boateng, Pimpong, Paintsil and Owu were all part of the 2001 winning side. For the Brazilians, only Adriano and Kaka were in that 2001 squad. In the 1999 Ghana Under-17 team that lost to Brazil on penalties in the semifinal were names like Razak Pimpong, Michael Essien and Ishmael Addo who won the tournament’s golden boot with 7 goals.

 Brazil had Adriano as the only breakout star of their squad. In the previous tournament which Brazil won they had a certain Ronaldinho. In 1995 which Ghana won the Under-17 FIFA World Cup, the West Africans had a certain Stephen Appiah who captained the 2006 world cup squad.Brazil also had Juan and Julio Cesar in 1995 and 2006. This Ghana team are products of former Ghana FA boss, the Late Ben Kuofie’s Five Year Development plan.

From Left to Right. Ibrahim Abdul Razak, John Paintsil, John Mensah, Razak Pimpong,Michael Essien and Derek Boateng. Ghana Black Satellites, FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2001.

At the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup which Ghana won with 10 men and on penalties, Ghana’s attacker Dominic Adiyiah won the Golden Ball and Golden shoe with 8 goals. After the tournament, Adiyiah’s market value had risen from 100,000 Euros to 1 million Euros. Milan signed him for a reported 1.4 Million Euros. Alex Teixeira the silver ball winner from Brazil had a market value of 3.5 Million Euros after the tournament and was sold for 6 million Euros to Shakhtar Donetsk from Vasco. Bronze ball winner Giuliano was also transferred from Parana to Internacional in 2009 for 4.7 million Euros in the Brazilian Serie A. Juventus’ winger Douglas Costa was a member of the 2009 Brazilian Under-20 team. He also joined Shakhtar Donetsk for 8 Million Euros at a Market Value of 4 Million Euros from Gremio in 2010.

Giuliano, Dominic Adiyiah and Alex Teixeira. Source: FIFA.com

Let’s date back to 1991 where Odartey Lamptey the new ‘Pele’ was playing for Anderlecht in Belgium. Lamptey was smuggled from Ghana to Belgium through Nigeria after the Ghanaian FA confiscated his passport, he joined for free. The Late Stephen Keshi adopted Odartey and got him a Nigerian passport to fly to Europe. In the 95, 97 and 99 squads of Ghana, most players transferred from Ghana to Europe left for free due to various circumstances. In that 2001 squad, 18 year old Michael Essien had joined Bastia for an undisclosed fee but was sold to Lyon two years later for 11.7 Million Euros and went on to become the most expensive African player when he joined Chelsea for 38 Million Euros in 2005.

All these foundations are laid to understand why two football nations with similar history and culture but one has developed than the other. First of all, this comes down to the quality of the local leagues of both countries, the football brand, how valuable it is on the Global stage and level of youth development. It is obvious Brazil has invested more into their football as a nation while Ghana has done less of that.

In 1962 after Brazil had won the world cup, President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah sent national team coach Charles Gyamfi to Brazil’s national team camp for four weeks to study their tactics and methods. He came back and won the 1963 Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana’s first trophy.

Captain Aggrey Fynn lifts Ghana’s first Africa Cup of Nations in 1963.

Brazil’s legendary coach Carlos Alberto Parreira came to Ghana in 1967 as a young Physical Education Teacher. He started coaching and led Ghana to the 1968 AFCON Final where Ghana lost 1–0 to Zaire (DRC). So we can say Carlos Alberto Parreira had his coaching foundation in Ghana and shaped our modern game. One of Ghana’s best coaches ever, the late Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio says the Brazilian was partly responsible for giving Ghana their one-touch style which he claims leads them to be called the “Brazil of Africa”.

We have mismanaged our national teams, poorly organized our local league to make it profitable and finally abandoned youth football development. The government should assist the clubs in youth development. The Ministry of Youth and Sports should collaborate with the Ministry of Education and Ghana Football Association to build a youth football development plan for both boys and girls.

Source: https://medium.com/@sackeyselwyn/la-copacabadi-beach-the-brazil-in-ghana-c46c8db31262

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01/10/19 Gneiss on Sugarloaf

This is the best way to citybreak – surfing in the morning then climbing a mountain in the afternoon.

We woke up this morning and the sun was out! So we got into beachy clothes and headed over to Ipanema beach for a surf. It was a wonderful experience, even though the waves were far too big for Joey. She immediately spent a lot of time in the impact zone being battered. Sam was a bit braver at getting closer to the point break, but whenever a non-massive wave came through everyone in the sea wanted it. It’s safe to say we didn’t do a huge amount of actual surfing, but it was an unreal scenario with white sand and blue sea and all the glamour and trappings of Copacabana. We were also hungover. So hungover.

On the way home Joey tried to buy a coke but was given a coconut. Oops. We had some lunch at home and then caught an Uber to Urca, where there’s a pretty little beach sitting underneath Sugarloaf. We met our guide Paul (?) and set off along the paved track around the base of the mountain, looking across the blue blue sea back to the beach. There were signs everywhere saying to watch out for boa constrictors, and Paul said he had seen snakes on climbs up Sugarloaf in the past. At the end of the main walkway, we ducked behind a pillar and set off on our route. There’s a sign in Portuguese that says, “Dangerous trail with risk of death. Do not use without the company of an experienced guide.”

The hike up Sugarloaf was incredible and gobsmackingly exposed, with a large portion of the walk consisting of  balancing on all fours to scale up steeply sloping rocky slabs (thankfully nice grippy gneiss) with so little beneath you that a slip would almost definitely send you all the way down to the sea below. There was a small (20m) vertical section that we roped up for, and although the description had said no climbing experience necessary, we were pretty pleased we weren’t guiding anyone up this route without knowing they knew what they were doing. For starters the guide asked Sam to belay him leading the climbing section – not sure how that would have worked with a group with no experience. The climbing itself was considerably less hairy than most of the walking, with just a few moves right at the end that were a bit tricky without climbing shoes. Anyway, the whole thing was completely fantastic and neither of us fell to our deaths, got impaled on a cactus, or eaten by a snake, so all good really. We were super pleased we hadn’t done it yesterday with wet rock.

The views from the top were amazing and we snapped away before heading down the first cable car to the top of Urca hill. From there we walked down a well made trail, bade goodbye to Paul and headed home.

Still a little hungover and pretty exhausted, we went out to a local churrascaria (Brazilian barbeque) for dinner, which was delish.

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Top 5 Travel Spots for Swimmers Around the World

The world we live in is made up of 71 percent water, which means there are lots of opportunities for great swimming. If you love water like I do, I’ve rounded up a collection of the top five travel spots in the world for swimmers.

Red Beach, Santorini, Greece

Santorini is a crescent-shaped island at the heart of the Aegean Sea. Archaeologists say it was once a massive volcano, but it blew its top away during the Bronze Age, leaving behind a fascinating area with whitewashed buildings clinging to the edge of towering sea cliffs. The beaches here come in many colors including white, red, brown, and even black. It is arguably one of the most beautiful and famous beaches in Santorini. Positioned only a short distance away from the ancient Akrotiri, this small beach is so remarkable that visitors often stand at the headland to admire its unique landscape of black and red volcanic rocks.

      2.Linapacan Island, Palawan, Philippines

Not many people think of the Philippines for travel destinations, but my ethnic homeland happens to have some of the most beautiful waters in the world. Linapacan Island is an area in the Palawan municipality of the Philippines which has some of the clearest waters in the globe. The island is located between the Bacuit archipelago and Busuanga. In October 2013, it was listed among the “35 Clearest Waters in the World to Swim Before You Die.” Although it’s not a very easy place to get to, its captivating beauty is worth the effort. The road trip from Puerto Princesa to Dipnay in El Nido takes about six hours. From here, you will take a 45-minutes boat ride to Takling Island, one of the islands in Linapacan.

And if you plan on going, let me know as I’d love to go again too!

      3. Santa Monica Beach, California

Having lived in California, I can safely say that while there are many more idyllic waters in the world, none compares to Santa Monica’s cool factor. The long, broad expanse of this beach is distinct from other Southern California shorelines by the slew of activities you can enjoy here. Both the ocean and the sand are beautiful and clean, making it ideal for swimming, surfing, and beachcombing. The area is teeming with energy and is home to seafood restaurants, roller coasters, and old men angling for a catch. But that is not all. If you want a cool place to relax after a long, sunny day, the Bungalows and Fairmont Miramar Hotel offer great entertainment. The beach stretches for three and a half miles and provides ample room for summer crowds. It features manned lifeguard stations, restrooms, paved walkways, and plenty of restaurants.

      4. Blue Lagoon, Fiji

By now everyone should know Fiji, a cluster of 330 islands located in the South Pacific, is the ultimate paradise. This place is close to mystical. The water feels warm, and the extensive coral reefs are a bounty for snorkelers from all over the world. Although any spot in the Fiji is perfect for swimming, the most beautiful place is the Blue Lagoon. The Blue Lagoon is part of the Yasawa Islands. It is an area where the water has a dark blue color, and the beaches are whiter, with an abundance of seahorses and starfish.

      5. Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro

A magnificent confluence of sea and land, the long, scalloped Copacabana beach extends for four kilometers, with a bustle of activity along its expanse: beach vendors advertising their wares, favela kids showing off their skill in soccer, and tourists and Cariocas (residents of Rio) queuing for caipirinhas at kiosks. From the beach, you can see the granite slabs surrounding the bay entrance. A short walk will take you to the restaurants and nightclubs, fashion and jewelry shops, and one of the greatest shopping centers in Rio. At both ends of Copacabana beach are historic forts. At the north end is Fort Duque de Caxias, built in 1779, and at the south end near Posto Seis is Fort Copacabana which was built in 1914. The Copacabana Beach is often referred to as the world’s most renowned beach. During the annual New Year’s Eve celebrations, Copacabana Beach hosts millions of revelers, and in most years, it has been the official locale of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. If you are looking for a great vacation, the Copacabana website is an excellent resource that lists accommodation ratings and rates, and dining options organized by cuisine and cost.

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