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Identity and Nation in African Football

Fans, Community and Clubs

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Editors:
  1. Chuka Onwumechili

    1. Legal and Management Communication Department, Howard University, USA

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  2. Gerard Akindes

    1. Department of Sports Administration, Ohio University, Athens, USA

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Part of the book series: Global Culture and Sport Series (GCS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Africa, Fandom, and Shifting Identities: An Introduction to Football and Identity

    1. Africa, Fandom, and Shifting Identities: An Introduction to Football and Identity

      • Chuka Onwumechili, Gerard Akindes
      Pages 1-16

  4. Ethnicity/Race, Club, and Identity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Performing Luo Identity in Kenya: Songs of Gor Mahia

      • Solomon Waliaula, Joseph Basil Okong’o
      Pages 83-98

    3. A Centennial Rivalry, Ahly vs Zamalek: Identity and Society in Modern Egypt

      • Michel Raspaud, Monia Lachheb
      Pages 99-115

    4. Nigeria: Rangers, Igbo Identity, and the Imagination of War

      • Chuka Onwumechili
      Pages 116-132

    5. Reinforcing Divisions and Blurring Boundaries in Johannesburg Football Fandom

      • Marc Fletcher
      Pages 133-151

  6. Identity from Outside

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. CAF: Perennial Struggle in Crises of Identity

      • Chuka Onwumechili
      Pages 201-213

    3. From Stadium to Bars: Transnational Media and African Fan Identity

      • Gerard Akindes
      Pages 214-235

    4. Online Football Fan Identities and Cyber-fandoms in Zimbabwe

      • Manase Kudzai Chiweshe
      Pages 236-253
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Legal and Management Communication Department, Howard University, USA

    Chuka Onwumechili

  • Department of Sports Administration, Ohio University, Athens, USA

    Gerard Akindes

About the editors

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

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