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March 30, 2020
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby’s novel Fever Pitch is a memoir about being an Arsenal fan, a particular kind of malady within the broader world of football obsession. Students in the English language section of Soccer Politics are reading it this week. To accompany your reading, you might enjoy the 1997 film version of the book starring Colin… Read More »
Published on March 30, 2020 05:30
March 29, 2020
Le drainage musculaire actuel – et est-ce que les joueurs encore prefereraient jouer pour les équipes européens?
Je voudrais continuer de considérer l’idée de ‘muscle drain’ ou drainage musculaire qui est introduit dans ‘African soccerscapes’. C’est une idée qui aussi a beaucoup de pertinence dans La Ventre de l’Atlantique, par Fatou Diome, avec particulièrement le jeune jouer Moussa, mais partout le livre Diome peint une image du grand désir des jeunes joueurs… Read More »
Published on March 29, 2020 10:58
March 28, 2020
‘Waka waka’ de Shakira (chanson officielle de la coup du monde en 2010) et sa pertinence
En lisant ‘African Soccerscapes’, je me suis souvenu de 2010, quand j’étais en Espagne quand ils ont gagné le Coupe du Monde. Étrangement, le plus grand mémoire que j’ai est que la chanson ‘Waka Waka, This time for Africa’ par Shakira jouait partout. À la fois, je n’avais que dix ans, et cela ne me… Read More »
Published on March 28, 2020 15:53
March 26, 2020
London is Red. And Blue and White.
The major football clubs in London are not particularly fond of each other. Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham and Tottenham are the Premier league clubs to all call London home, and the hatred that these clubs’ supporters have for one another is real. This phenomenon is not exclusive to London, however. Many cities have multiple clubs… Read More »
Published on March 26, 2020 17:59
March 23, 2020
COVID-19 and the Future of Football
By now, most people understand that we are in the midst of a global pandemic the likes of which we have not seen in many years. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the highly infectious virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that many people are now becoming familiar with. While I… Read More »
Published on March 23, 2020 10:45
March 22, 2020
El coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) y el fútbol
El síndrome respiratorio agudo grave (SARS, por sus siglas en inglés) es una enfermedad respiratoria viral causada por un coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Originalmente, un brote de SARS-CoV-2 surgió en la ciudad de Wuhan en China y actualmente está afectando a todo el mundo – existe una pandemia. Hasta hoy, el 22 de marzo del 2020, se… Read More »
Published on March 22, 2020 15:12
March 21, 2020
African Soccerscapes: A Review
Soccer has been utilized as a civilization tool. (Alegi 1) This was accomplished by the use of ports and railroads by colonial militaries and police forces. (8) Additionally, mission schools and government schools became involved and promoted soccer by integrating soccer into the curriculum. (9) This was a win-win for both Africans and colonist (13)… Read More »
Published on March 21, 2020 11:15
March 20, 2020
Questions sur African Soccerscapes
Quels rôles jouait l’éducation physique dans la colonisation ? Pourquoi les dirigeants des mines en Afrique du Sud encourageaient-ils des équipes de football constituées exclusivement des membres d’un même groupe ethnique ? Comment des cultures de football sont-elles nées au sein de groupes distincts en Afrique ? Comment le football a-t-il contribué à la constitution d’une identité nationale… Read More »
Published on March 20, 2020 09:11
March 18, 2020
Visualizing African Soccerscapes
Next week our Soccer Politics class here at Duke University we are transitioning to a virtual classroom, and the first Zoom lecture/discussion will be about Peter Alegi’s excellent book African Soccerscapes. The book takes us on a journey through the history of football throughout the continent, exploring it’s spread during the colonial period, it’s role… Read More »
Published on March 18, 2020 06:19
March 1, 2020
Le football, est-il universel? Analyse du roman, “Le Ventre de l’Atlantique”
On estime généralement que le football est une langue universelle—n’import ’où dans le monde, il est probable qu’on y trouvera soit des joueurs, ou soit des fanatiques du football. Dans son livre, Le Ventre de l’Atlantique, l’écrivaine Fatou Diome confronte les inégalités postcoloniales qui existe entre la France et ses anciennes colonies à travers une… Read More »
Published on March 01, 2020 21:09
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