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Presentation: How Global Institutions Make China Essential to Africa
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This presentation was delivered at the Play the Game 2025 conference in Tampere, Finland. It builds on my earlier analysis ‘Stadiums, Statecraft and the Diaspora Surge in African Football.‘ The script published below extends that analysis by adding China as another decisive player that becomes essential when African states cannot…
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Stadiums, Statecraft and the Diaspora Surge in African Football
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By 2050, more than one in four people on Earth will be African. This demographic reality shapes forecasts by The Economist that by 2030, half of all new entrants into the global labour force will come from Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, despite Africa experiencing a demographic boom, its football labour force…
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CHAN: A Tournament Built on the Failures of African Football
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Recently, East Africa has been abuzz with kerfuffles, drama and brouhaha that come with hosting an international football tournament in Africa. From presidential decrees of hefty player bonuses, ticketing conundrums blamed on reasons ranging from state suppression of dissent to tech mishaps, all that seemed like omnishambles was in fact…