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Loading... African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game (Ohio Africa in World History) (edition 2010)by Peter Alegi
Work InformationAfrican Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game (Ohio Africa in World History) by Peter Alegi
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. From Accra and Algiers to Zanzibar and Zululand, African football today reflects the history and culture of those who play the game and how they have shaped it in a distinctively African manner. Football may obey global rules, but the influence of magicians and healers, the nurturing of different tactics and styles of play, and local forms of spectatorship give football in the continent a cultural and sporting imprint all of its own . In African Soccerscapes Peter Alegi explores how football was influenced by colonialism, the growth of cities, independence, and global capitalism. Regional differences and the links between sport, culture and politics feature prominently in his book. In the independent era football offered a rare form of 'national culture' in ethnically diverse nations and symbolized pan-African unity and solidarity through the anti-apartheid struggle and the campaign for more guaranteed places for African teams in the World Cup finals. Huge numbers of Africans play overseas, disproportionately rewarding European leagues at Africa's expense, and this phenomenon is discussed, as are the recent privatization of the African game, football development programs and the growth of women's football. ( ) Belongs to Series
References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (23)From Accra and Algiers to Zanzibar and Zululand, Africans have wrested control of soccer from the hands of Europeans, and through the rise of different playing styles, the rituals of spectatorship, and the presence of magicians and healers, have turned soccer into a distinctively African activity. African Soccerscapes explores how Africans adopted soccer for their own reasons and on their own terms. Soccer was a rare form of "national culture" in postcolonial Africa, where stadiums and clubhouses became arenas in which Africans challenged colonial power and express No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)796.334096The arts Recreational and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Ball sports Inflated ball driven by the foot Football Biography And History AfricaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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