African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction: Towards an Epistemology of African Football — The Symbolic Significance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

   1. Introduction: Towards an Epistemology of African Football — The Symbolic Significance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

      • Nhamo Mhiripiri, Tendai Chari

      Pages 1-12

3. FIFA 2010 World Cup and Identity Construction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Nation-Building and the FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010

      • Nathalie Hyde-Clarke, Rune Ottosen, Toby Miller

      Pages 15-28

   3. To the Cape and Back: Football Tourism, Narratives of South Africa and the FIFA 2010 World Cup

      • Luke Jones

      Pages 29-46

   4. The 2010 World Cup Celebrations in a Non-hosting Location: Voices from the Periphery

      • Kiran Odhav

      Pages 47-70

   5. South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010: African Players’ Global Labour Distribution and Legacy

      • Wycliffe W. S. Njororai

      Pages 71-90

4. African Fan Cultures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. New-found Football Fans

      • Emma Durden

      Pages 93-105

   3. Zimbabwean Female Audiences: Negotiating (En)Gendered Spaces in the 2010 FIFA World Cup

      • Rosemary Chikafa

      Pages 106-120

   4. Noisemaker or Cultural Symbol: The Vuvuzela Controversy and Expressions of Football Fandom

      • Jeffrey W. Kassing

      Pages 121-139

5. African Media Narratives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Nigeria: Media Narratives and Reports of Football from Within

      • Chuka Onwumechili

      Pages 143-160

   3. Unmaking the Dark Continent: South Africa, Africa and the Image Make-Over Narrative in the South African Press

      • Tendai Chari

      Pages 161-179

   4. Imploding or Perpetuating African Myths through Reporting South Africa 2010 World Cup Stories on Business Opportunities

      • Joyce T. Mhiripiri, Nhamo A. Mhiripiri

      Pages 180-204

6. Global Media Narratives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. The Football World Cup 2010 in the German Media: Presenting and Constructing a Major Sporting Event

      • Thomas Horky, Christoph G. Grimmer

      Pages 207-230

   3. A Unique Period? An Analysis of the Coverage of Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Selected Western Media

      • Teke Ngomba

      Pages 231-261

   4. Of Sunsets, Savagery and Soccer: Framing Africa during the Final Days of the 2010 World Cup

      • Bernadine Jones

      Pages 262-284

   5. Afro-pessimism in the French and British Press Coverage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

      • Toussaint Nothias

      Pages 285-304

This edited volume addresses key debates around African football, identity construction, fan cultures, and both African and global media narratives. Using the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as a lens, it explores how football in Africa is intimately bound up with deeper social, cultural and political currents.

• Framing
• identity
• Image
• media
• Nation
• politics
• sports
• tourism

• University of Venda, South Africa

  Tendai Chari

• Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

  Nhamo A. Mhiripiri

Bernadine Jones, University of Cape Town, South Africa Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University, USA Christoph G. Grimmer, University of Tübingen, Germany Emma Durden, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Jeffrey W. Kassing, Arizona State University, USA Joyce. T. Mhiripiri, independent researcher, Zimbabwe Kiran Odhav, North West University, South Africa Luke Jones, University of Alberta, Canada Nathalie Hyde-Clarke, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Rosemary Chikafa, University of Zimbabwe Rune Ottosen, Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway Teke Ngomba, Aarhus University, Denmark Thomas Horky, Macromedia University for Media and Communication, Germany Toby Miller, University of California, USA Toussaint Nothias, University of Leeds, UK Wycliffe W.S. Njororai, University of Texas at Tyler, USA Kiran Odhav, North West University, South Africa.

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