Africa's World Cup: Critical Reflections on Play, Patriotism, Spectatorship, and Space

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South African women in the stands, South Africa versus United States, Cape Town Stadium, November 17, 2010. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) South African fans at a pub in Cape Town before the Nelson Mandela Challenge versus the United States, November 17, 2010. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) Camps Bay Primary School shows its support for the national team ahead of the 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, May 23, 2010. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) The iconic arch of Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, June 25, 2010. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) Local vendors outside the exclusion zone around Mabhida Stadium, Durban, June 2010. (Photograph by David Roberts.) South African Muslim fans pray before the opening game, South Africa versus Mexico, Soccer City, June 11, 2010. (Photograph courtesy of Wiki Commons.) Moses Mabhida Stadium sand sculpture, Durban beachfront, July 9, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Fans at a public viewing area in Soweto watch South Africa versus Mexico, June 11, 2010. (Photograph courtesy of Wiki Commons.) “Exclusion and inclusion”: ticket booth at Soccer City, June 23, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) South African fan blowing his vuvuzela at South Africa versus France, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, June 22, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) The World Cup brought many white South Africans, such as this female fan, closer to the game of the black majority. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Official FIFA World Cup iconography, Soccer City, June 23, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Ghana supporter, Soccer City, June 23, 2010. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) The Alegi family with friends outside Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, June 24, 2010. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) The closing ceremony before the final, Soccer City, July 11, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Makarapa Stadium, Halakasha! exhibition, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, June 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Detail of Nkosi Sikelele sculpture by Johannes Segogela, Halakasha! exhibition, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, June 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Japan fans at Soccer City, June 23, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Mexico fans with masks before the opening game, South Africa versus Mexico, Soccer City, June 11, 2010. (Photograph courtesy of Wiki Commons.) Uruguay March On, outside Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Mexico versus Uruguay, Rustenburg, June 22, 2010. (Photograph by David Patrick Lane.) Spain fans pay tribute to South Africa’s former president before the World Cup final at Soccer City, July 11, 2010. (Photograph by Chris Bolsmann.) Africa’s World Cup, June 2010. (Photograph courtesy of Wiki Commons.) Bonds of friendship at a friendly match between England fans and inmates at Zonderwater Prison, Cullinan, near Pretoria, June 13, 2010. (Photograph by Steve McCormick.) (Left to right) Styles Mkhize, Thabo Dladla, and Patrick Mthembu coaching Izichwe youths, Pietermaritzburg, July 2, 2011. (Photograph by Peter Alegi.) Football pitch in Chinguetti, Mauritania, January 22, 2010. (Photograph by Anna Kayumi Kerber.) ...