South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid and Beyond (Sport in the Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives)

by PeterAlegi (Editor), Chris Bolsmann (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $139.18

  Presents an analysis of how and why South Africa underwent a remarkable transformation from a pariah in world sport to the first African host of a World Cup in 2010. This title examines the importance of football in South African society, revealing how the black oppression transformed a colonial game into a force of cultural and social liberation.