Editor’s Note Being the editor of a journal is a lesson in humility and patience.  Humility is necessary because this is much one cannot control.  Previously, I…

Questions of Identity at the 2010 World Cup – A Case Study of Grahamstown’s Football Supporters Astrid Vogel vogel_astrid@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This article focuses on the ways in…

Migration of Nigerian Footballers “Oh Lord, you are the Lord who remembered John Obi Mikel, Christiano Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho – remember us as you remembered them” Chuka…

Book Review Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses by Moses Sayela Walubita Bloomington, IN: iUniverse 2011 Robert G. Rodriguez Assistant Professor Political Science Texas…

African Soccerscapes By Peter Alegi Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2010 Jennifer McArdle Assistant Editor For many people in the West, soccer and the African continent are…

Editor’s Note When I began the editorship of IMPUMELELO, one of my goals was to establish a regular schedule for producing volumes of the journal.  That has…

Football and Politics in Africa: A Comment on The Rebel Attack on The Togolese National Team During Angola 2010 and Its Aftermath John Emeka Akude Research Fellow…

The Super-diplomat: Thabo Mbeki’s African Renaissance and South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010 Siphokazi Magadla Rhodes University South Africa Abstract In defining Thabo Mbeki as the super-diplomat,…

The Use of Communications Technology Among Commercial Sex Workers in Johannesburg: Influences of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Andrew Carlson Communication, Writing and the Arts Metropolitan State…

The African Football Development Model Eugene Augustus “Gusty” Cooper, Jr. African Governance and Economics Naval War College Abstract The world usually looks at the African countries as…