Africa United

By Steve Bloomfield Steve Bloomfield

Subjects: Sportpolitik, Fussball, Fußballfan, Nonfiction, Gesellschaft, Soccer players, World cup (soccer), Fußball, Soccer, Sports, social aspects, Football, Politik, Sports & Recreations, Sports and state, Afrique, Social aspects, Aspect politique, World Cup (Soccer), Sportsoziologie, Aspect social, Soccer, history, Political aspects, Sports, africa, Fußballnationalmannschaft

Description: Africa United is the story of modern-day Africa told through its soccer. Traveling across thirteen countries, from Cairo to the Cape, Steve Bloomfield meets players and fans, politicians and rebel leaders, discovering the role that soccer has played in shaping the continent. He recounts how soccer has helped to stoke conflicts and end wars, bring countries together and prop up authoritarian regimes.A lively and elegantly reported travelogue, Africa United calls attention to the amazing relationships between people and soccer, and to the state of Africa on the cusp of the biggest moment in its sporting history, the 2010 World Cup.