“In other words, South Africans’ simple desire to enjoy a football match in the context of apartheid’s inhumanity fuelled a quasi-religious obsession for the game that assisted the broader struggle for political and cultural liberation.” – @futbolprof https://t.co/yy106mI8BQ — Njabulo Ngidi (@NJABULON) August 1, 2020 This week I had the pleasure of speaking with […]
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The latest Cowries and Rice podcast features Michigan State University History PhD candidate Hikabwa Decius Chipande discussing China’s stadium diplomacy in Zambia. Intriguingly, the enterprising hosts of the podcast, Winslow Robertson and Dr. Nkemjika Kalu, contacted Chipande in Lusaka after reading his “China’s Stadium Diplomacy: A Zambian Perspective” post on this blog. In the interview (listen above), […]
Guest Post by *Hikabwa Chipande “If you want to see the heart of China’s soft-power push into Africa,” writes Elliot Ross in a recent piece for Sports Illustrated’s “Roads & Kingdoms” series, “you’ll find it in the continent’s new soccer stadia.” I am one of the many Zambians saddened that most of our national team […]
Guest Post by *Liz Timbs In Zulu culture, an imbiza is a large ceramic pot used for brewing utshwala (sorghum beer). This vessel enables the fermentation of a fluid that facilitates communication with the amadlozi (ancestors) and lubricates social interactions. Taking my cue from this vernacular technology, I am launching Imbiza: A Digital Repository of […]
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Juventus Stadium: Changing Calcio
Although I was born and raised in Rome, I support Juve. My choice was based on the need to find a club that could compete with AC Milan and Inter, my older brothers’ favorite teams. I was barely six years old when I first saw Juve play. It was in Perugia (my father’s team) and […]
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Narco-Futbol: Gunfire at Stadium in Mexico
Dramatic footage of the shooting outside Corona Stadium in Torreon, Mexico, during the Santos-Morelia match on August 20, 2011. “In Mexico, there are not too many comments in media and newspapers about the event, besides a few comments stating that everybody was and is OK,” reports Football Scholars Forum member Alejandro Gonzales. “On the radio, […]
The stadium operator SAIL STADEFRANCE announced yesterday that it is pulling out of the 30-year lease agreement with the City of Cape Town to manage the 4.5 billion rand ($600 million) World Cup stadium at Green Point. SAIL chairman Morne du Plessis explained that “Shareholders were not prepared to enter the lease under circumstances that […]