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Africa is not a country: football and nationhood

Africa is not a country: football and nationhood

Posted June 30, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

I can understand why South Africans, and Africans in general, like the idea of one of “our” teams doing well. But it doesn’t quite make sense for me, as a football fan, to support teams simply because they represent an African nation, because there is much about Africa that is difficult to support.

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