African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game

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173 Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), 45 Alhinho, Carlos, 89 All-Africa Games, 69 Alliance, 11–12 “Alou,” 43 American Board missions, football and, 9–10 Anderson, Viv, 85, 92 Anyamkyegh, Edward, 100–101 apartheid, football and, 50–53, 72–75 Arada Football Club (St. George’s FC), 71 Arcanjo, Miguel, 86–87 Arday, Sam, 116 Arribi, Mokhtar, 47, 48 Arthur, John, 12 Association of National Olympic Committees , 69 Association royale sportive congolaise et du Ruanda-Urundi (ASCRU), 138n38 Association sportive congolaise, 24, 138n38 Ayew, Abedi “Pele,” 95 Azikiwe, Nnamdi “Zik,” 5–6, 9, 36, 37–42; discrimination and, 39; radicalization of, 140n11. See also Zik’s Athletic Club (ZAC) Baker, William, 1–2 Balogun, Tesilimi “Thunder,” 41, 42, 90 Barek, Larbi Ben, 81–82 Bekhloufi, Kaddour, 47 Belgian Congo: colonial control of football in, 23; early football in, 3, 4; national identity, football and, 44. See also Congo Belgium, African football migrants and, 92–93 Abbas, Ferhat, 142n37 Abdallah Salem, Abdelaziz, 65, 90; CAF and, 66 academies, football, 114–19; as modernday plantations, 118–19; types of, 114, 154n30 Adams College, 9, 16 Adjovi Boco, Jimmy, 117 African and Arab Sport Association, 17 African Champions League, 108–9 African Cup of Champion Clubs (Champions Cup), 69–70 African football as global business, 110–14; competitive imbalance and, 110–11; corruption and, 112; decline as social sport and, 114; overseas migration and, 111; sport management and, 112–13; wealth inequalities and, 111–12 African Football Association, 23 African Footballer of the Year, 94 African Morning Post, 39 African Nations Championship, 111 African Nations Cup, 65, 66–68, 70, 110–11 African Soccer, 108 African Women’s Championship, 61, 123 Africa’s railroads (map), 7 Ajax Cape Town, 116–17 Akide, Mercy, 123 Akindes, Gerard, 107–8, 114, 154n30 Akintunde Abisuga, Christopher, 121 Al Ahly, 3, 22, 57, 58, 97, 111; resistance to colonial authority and, 22 Algeria, 26; Algerian “national” team and FLN, 45–50; Étoile Nord-Africaine and, 46; FIFA and, 48–49; Kabylie chauvinism and, 63; national identity formation, football and, 45–50; World Cup and, 94 index A page number in italic type indicates an illustration on that page. The letter n following a page number indicates an endnote on that page. The number following the n indicates the note number(s). i n d e x 174 competitions, African, 64–71 Confédération africaine de football (CAF), 52–53, 54, 64–71; aims of, 66; commercialism and, 105–10; Darmon group and, 108–9; founding of, 65–66, 146n40; headquarters location of, 66; overseas players and, 93; prize money and, 109, 153n15; South Africa and, 67, 72–75; sponsorship deals and, 110; Tessema and, 71; women’s football and, 123; World Cup Finals and, 75–76 Confederation Cup, 153n15 Congo: Africanization of football in, 23, 24; early football in, 2–3; national identity formation, football and, 44; national league formation in, 60; neocolonialism and, 93 Conklin, Alice, 134n13 Coton Sport, 113 Coussement, Gregoire, 23 Cunningham, Laurie, 92 Daily Graphic, 42, 56 Dakar Gazelles, 120, 122 Darby, Paul, 114, 154n30 Darmon, Jean-Claude, 108–9, 153n12 Desai, Ashwin, 110 Dhlomo, Darius “Ndaru,” 91 Diab El-Attar, Mohammed “Ad Diba,” 67 Diagne, Blaise, 80–81 Diagne, Raoul, 60, 80–81, 148n16 Diambars Institute, 117 Diarra, Mahamadou, 100–101 Djan, Ohene, 58, 68, 75 Djibrill, Karimou, 83 Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa (Lugard), 10 eastern Africa: Africanization of football in, 24–25, 26; early football in, 6, 11 Eastern Telegraph Company, 6 École Normale William Ponty, 4 École Supérieure, 16 English Premier League, 99, 104–5 Essien, Michael, 78–79, 103, 115 Ethiopia, 64–65, 66; African Nations Cup and, 67, 68. See also Tessema, Yidnecatchew ethnicity, nationhood and, 62–64; nonAfrican nations and, 64 Evans, Doublas, 27 Ezri, Philippe, 117 Bella, Ben, 47 Bèye, Boubacar, 83 Black Stars (Ghana), 68–69 Blatter, Joseph “Sepp,” 129–30 Boer, Wiebe, 5, 20, 59 Bonga Bonga, Paul, 92 Bosman ruling (EU), 97–98, 151n66 Boubekeur, Abderrahmane, 47 Bouchouk, Abdelhamid, 47 Boumezrag, Mohamed, 46, 47–50 Brahimi, Said, 47 Brazzaville, 3, 17, 60; French colonial domination in, 22; Jeux africains and, 69; M’Pele and, 85; Native Sports Federation and, 24; regional identity and, 44; Stanley Pool Championship and, 26; violence and, 31 Britain: African football migrants and, 89–92, 152n71; diffusion of football and, 5, 6, 8–9; racism and, 84–85, 91–92; sporting culture and, 4. See also specific colonies and regions British Africa: early...