Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance

by Paul Darby

Overview

This book explores the role of FIFA in brokering the development of football in Africa and its relationship with that continent's football associations and regional governing body. Africa is no longer on the periphery of world football but the economic disparities between the first and the third worlds hinder the development of the game. The author shows convincingly how Africa's advance within world football is tied to its national political economy and how the balance of power within FIFA still clearly favours its European members.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135298418
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Series:	Sport in the Global Society
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	541 KB

About the Author

Paul Darby

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Football Diffusion and Colonial Doctrine in Africa; Chapter 2 Football, Indigenous Resistance and African Independence; Chapter 3 FIFA, Eurocentrism and the Distribution of Power in World Football; Chapter 4 Africa, Third World Solidarity and the FIFA Presidency; Chapter 5 Havelange, African Resistance and the Struggle for Global Equity; Chapter 6 UEFA, FIFA and the Scramble for Africa; Chapter 7 Africa and the Campaign for the Summit of World Football; Chapter 8 Theorising Africa's Place in FIFA's Global Order;

Editorial Reviews

'It is rare for a European to take the time and do the hard work that is inevitably required to be able to understand African football in its true perspective. However, Paul Darby's book ... is one of the rare few that can be said to do the subject justice.' - Four Four Two

'Darby deserves praise for moving beyond simplistic arguments about cultural imperialism as he brings out the contradictory historical legacy of Africa's integration into world'soccer.' - Soccer and Society

'It is rare for a European to take the time and do the hard work that is inevitably required to be able to understand African football in its true perspective. However, Paul Darby's book ... is one of the rare few that can be said to do the subject justice.' - Four Four Two

'This timely, well documented work is recommended for all readers interested in the study of sport and sport and management and in African studies.' - Choice

'Darby deserves praise for moving beyond simplistic arguments about cultural imperialism as he brings out the contradictory historical legacy of Africa's integration into world'soccer.' - Soccer and Society

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