STREET SCENES IN FRONT OF AFRICA MUSEUM, JOBURG...

A large plaza area that should have been filled with Johannesburg residents...looking fairly deserted on a bright, sunny June Saturday. The fellows enjoying the day seem to be just sitting there, but that is deceiving. They were watching a large, outdoor television screen that featured a soccer (football to everyone else in the known world), match at the World Cup in Germany. To achieve this photograph I had to sprawl myself out on the sidewalk, thus the guys in the background laughing at the fellow peering at them through the lens of his Kodak digital camera--groundlevel! Interestingly, there was free music, vendors, and a joyful spirit in the plaza...but few people. I enjoyed the featured music from the West African country of Mali. It sounded Spanish to me, almost Cuban. A delightful afternoon where people-watching was the order of the day!