American TV presenter and co-founder of Mami Wata, Selema Masekela, said African surf culture was emerging onto the global stage and the world was taking note.
The book is called Afrosurf and will feature 300 pages of spectacular photography, surfer profiles from around the continent, articles about the history and development of African surfing, as well as lifestyle and design that surrounds surf communities across 18 African countries. The team set up a Kickstarter campaign to fund the book’s production. At its close this week, the fundraiser had raised R1.8 million – 270% of its target amount.
Far from being an import from Western nations, surfing has developed in various forms along the continent’s vast coastline. Contrary to what most people would expect, the earliest historical accounts of surfing don’t come from Hawaii or Polynesia, but from West Africa. The history of surfing in Africa is fleshed out in the book by American scholar Kevin Dawson, who contributed an article based on his research.
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