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African Soccerscapes: How A Continent Changed the World´s Game
Peter Alegi
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Description for African Soccerscapes: How A Continent Changed the World´s Game
Paperback. 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. In this book, the author explores how football was influenced by colonialism, the growth of cities, independence, and global capitalism. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849040389
SKU
V9781849040389
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About Peter Alegi
Peter Alegi is Associate Professor of African History at Michigan State University. He is the author of Laduma! Soccer, Politics, and Society in South Africa. Alegi co-hosts the "Africa Past and Present" podcast -- the most widely accessed academic podcast about African affairs (http://afripod.aodl.org).
Reviews for African Soccerscapes: How A Continent Changed the World´s Game
Nobody understands the background to African soccer better than the Italian-American historian Peter Alegi. This World Cup is his moment. His African Soccerscapes crams daunting erudition, gleaned over many years of study of African football, into under 200 pages of history.
Financial Times Peter Alegi's African Soccerscapes is simply the best available overview of the history. Concise and to ... Read more
Financial Times Peter Alegi's African Soccerscapes is simply the best available overview of the history. Concise and to ... Read more