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African Soccerscapes. How a Continent Changed the World's Game
by Alegi, Peter
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1849040389
- ISBN 13
- 9781849040389
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Hurst & Company, 2010) 9781849040389. 215 x 140 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xviii + 179, incl. index; maps; some photographs. Fine condition. "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 distinctly 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 globalisation. Regional differences and the links between sport, culture and politics feature prominently in his book." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13465
- Title
- African Soccerscapes. How a Continent Changed the World's Game
- Author
- Alegi, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1849040389
- ISBN 13
- 9781849040389
- Publisher
- (London: Hurst & Company, 2010) 9781849040389
- This edition first published
- 2010
- Keywords
- African Football. Soccer. Colonialism Sport
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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