Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs

C. Onwumechili · G. Akindes

abr 2014 · Springer

Información sobre este eBook

The 2010 South African World Cup launched African football onto the global stage. This volume brings together top scholars on African football to explore a range of issues such as gender, identity, nationalism, history, cyber-fandom, the media and fan radicalization.

Acerca del autor

Peter Alegi, Michigan State University, USA Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Rhodes University, South Africa James M. Dorsey, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Marc Fletcher, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Phillip Janzen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Monia Lachheb, Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Tunisia Wycliffe Njororai, University of Texas, USA Walter Gam Nkwi, University of Buea, Cameroon Joseph Basil Okong'o, Moi University, Kenya Michel Raspaud, Joseph Fourier University, France Anna Tranfaglia, University of Pittsburgh, USA Solomon Waliaula, Maasai Mara University, Kenya Ali Ziyati, West Virginia State University, USA