Is the final of the African Champions League of 1971 and Asante Kotoko is leading, until the corrupted referee gives a penalty to the home team, Englebert. The coach of Asante wants to pull back the team, to protest, but the goalkeeper Robert Mensah stops him. He’s got his magic hat, but the opponents say it’s juju, therefore against the rules. If he will defend the goal, he will have to take it off…
Africa, magic and football: the curse of Ivory Coast
Africa has the stereotype of being the most superstitious continent, since the colonizers defined “juju” the sum of beliefs, traditions and rituals. Actually they are banned, to give a more secular image, but somehow they still can have their powerful effects…