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

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Africa, Fandom, and Shifting Identities: An Introduction to Football and Identity ....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Blurring Touchlines of Empire: The Diasporic Identities of Arthur Wharton and Walter Tull....Pages 19-35
It’s All About the Beautiful Game of Football, or Is It? On Television and Football in North Africa....Pages 36-49
Rooted in History: Politics, Identity, and Ultras in North African Soccer....Pages 50-66
The History and Identity of East African Football within the African Context....Pages 67-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Performing Luo Identity in Kenya: Songs of Gor Mahia....Pages 83-98
A Centennial Rivalry, Ahly vs Zamalek: Identity and Society in Modern Egypt....Pages 99-115
Nigeria: Rangers, Igbo Identity, and the Imagination of War....Pages 116-132
Reinforcing Divisions and Blurring Boundaries in Johannesburg Football Fandom....Pages 133-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Shifting Identity and Cameroon’s National Football Squad: Indomitable Lions to Tamed Lambs....Pages 155-164
Fields of Dreams and Champions: A Case Study in Kenyan Girls’ Football....Pages 165-182
Oh Lord, You Are the Lord who Remembered John Obi Mikel....Pages 183-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
CAF: Perennial Struggle in Crises of Identity....Pages 201-213
From Stadium to Bars: Transnational Media and African Fan Identity....Pages 214-235
Online Football Fan Identities and Cyber-fandoms in Zimbabwe....Pages 236-253
From Leopoldville to Liège: A Conversation with Paul Bonga Bonga....Pages 254-268
Back Matter....Pages 269-272