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    African Fans of European Football: Cultural Globalisation in Kenya and Zimbabwe

    African Fans of European Football by Kudzai Chiweshe, Manase; Waliaula, Solomon;

    Cultural Globalisation in Kenya and Zimbabwe

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 26 March 2025

    • ISBN 9781032893556
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages188 pages
    • Size 234x156 mm
    • Weight 510 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 2 Illustrations, black & white; 2 Halftones, black & white
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    Short description:

    This book examines the increasing influence of European football in African societies, considering the processes and significance of being a fan and what this means for the wider globalisation of popular culture. This book will interest sports, leisure, popular culture, and social anthropology researchers in Africa and beyond.

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    Long description:

    This book examines the increasing influence of European football in African societies, considering the processes and significance of being a fan and what this means for the wider globalisation of popular culture.


    Focussing on fan cultures in Kenya and Zimbabwe, the book argues that instead of manifestations of neo-colonialism, African fandoms of European football are practised in ways that resonate with and help reconstruct and perform the socio-cultural substance of the African communities in question. European football is therefore instrumentalised to help define the identities of the members of the fandom communities and articulate their experience of their reality in their immediate circumstances.


    This book reflects how the global and local can coalesce in cultural trends such as football fandom. It will interest sports, leisure, popular culture, and social anthropology researchers in Africa and beyond.

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    Table of Contents:

    1: Transnational soccer fan identities and cultures in Africa: An Introduction to Kenya and Zimbabwe  2: Thirty years of the English Premier League in Africa: Transnational fandoms, glocal engagements and everyday entanglements  3: Local Patterns of European Football Reception and Status Identification in Eldoret, Kenya  4: European Football Fandom: Nightlife and Patterns of Entertainment on Nairobi?s Ngong Road and Langata Road  5: Football Commentary and Celebrity Fandom in Kenya  6: Fans and Cash Transactions in Slum Area: Case of English Football in Mathare Valley Area of Nairobi, Kenya  7: Transnational soccer fan identities and cultures in Harare, Zimbabwe  8: Chelsea Fandom in Zimbabwe: Localizing the Global  9: Ronaldo vs Messi: Glocal explorations of European Champions League rivalries in Zimbabwe  10: The agony of waiting for the big kick-off: Understanding the significance of the English Premier League fandom in Murombedzi, Zimbabwe  11: Women who watch and support English football in Zimbabwe: A transnational analysis of female fandoms  12: Concluding Remarks: A Comparative Analysis of Soccer Fandom in Kenya and Zimbabwe

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