JOHANNESBURG -- I heard them all -- the prayers, curses, gasps and shrieks.
I saw it all too -- the shaking fists, the clasped hands and, finally, the blank faces.
Ghana's heart -- correction: Africa's heart -- understandably was cracked in the immediate aftermath of its epic loss to Uruguay in the World Cup quarterfinals, but there's something beautiful about this heartbreak.
It was one heart breaking, not just Ghanaian hearts.
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