Zakami

Zakumi the Leopard was the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. He is an anthropomorphized leopard with green hair who was announced on September 22, 2008.

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Animanga/Header.name: Zakumi
Animanga/Header.image: zakumi.svg
Animanga/Header.caption: Zakumi the Leopard, the official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Animanga/Header.genre: Sports, Comedy
Animanga/Video.type: TV series
Animanga/Video.director: Alexander Wong
Animanga/Video.producer: Patrick Keller
Animanga/Video.writer: Andries Odendaal
Animanga/Video.released: 2010
Animanga/Video.episodes: 20

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Zakumi the Leopard was the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. He is an anthropomorphized leopard with green hair who was announced on September 22, 2008.

His name comes from "ZA", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and Kumi, a word that means "ten" in several African languages, signifying "South Africa 2010".