IN PRAISE OF VUVUZELAS.

IN PRAISE OF VUVUZELAS. As this New York Times article indicates, vuvuzelas are controversial. Vuvuzelas are plastic trumpets, some almost three feet long, that seem to be played by everybody in the stands at the World Cup in South Africa. They are very loud. Dick Weisfelder writes me to point out that he published an article in 2004 entitled: “Vuvuzela: Where Sport, Politics, and Development Intersect in South Africa.” In it he predicted that people should be prepared for the blast of vuvuzela horns in 2010, and that these horns would be celebrating democracy and freedom in South Africa.