Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and

As South Africa prepares to host the first World Cup ever to be held on the African continent, Bloomfield, the former Africa Correspondent for "The Independent," tells the story of modern-day Africa through the one thing that unites it--soccer.

Steve Bloomfield has been based in Nairobi since 2006, reporting from twenty-five countries across Africa. A former Africa correspondent for The Independent, he now writes for a range of publications including Monocle and The Observer, and has also written for Newsweek, GQ, and Esquire.

Prologue	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
The Pharaohs: Egypt	p. 19
The Desert Hawks v. The Sao: Sudan v. Chad	p. 45
The Ocean Stars: Somalia	p. 71
The Harambee Stars: Kenya	p. 97
The Wasps v. The Leopards: Rwanda v. DR Congo	p. 123
The Super Eagles: Nigeria	p. 155
Les Éléphants: Côte D'lvoire	p. 185
The Leone Stars v. the Lone Stars: Sierra Leone v. Liberia	p. 213
The Warriors: Zimbabwe	p. 239
Bafana Bafana: South Africa	p. 265
Epilogue	p. 293
Acknowledgments	p. 297
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Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa

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