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The African Game is a unique vision of the continent as documented by Nigerian photographer and filmmaker Andrew Dosunmu. Punctuated with vivid essays by journalist Knox Robinson, The African Game looks to soccer as a way to explore modern African life, culture, and identity. A compelling, on-the-ground depiction of Africa's passion for soccer, this book is the first look at the rich sporting culture that has produced some of professional soccer's biggest and highest-paid stars. The African Game will be a definitive resource during this summer's World Cup, which will show the continent's players emerging as some of the game's best-as we look to South Africa as the host of the 2010 World Cup. As these pioneers change the way the game is played-and the way we think about the sport itself-The African Game provides crucial back-story and documents the soccer mania that has gripped the entire continent. Like a film artfully moving through its plot, The African Game follows a narrative of the sport in Cameroon, Senegal, Togo, Cte D'Ivoire, Angola, Ghana, Tunisia, and Egypt by exploring its resonance at all levels of the culture, from national team sponsorship to the unmistakable street s

Author
Andrew Dosunmu; Knox Robinson
Publisher
PUMA North America ; PowerHouse Books [distributor
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781576873243
Rating
4.3 / 5 (6 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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