Africa United

by Steve Bloomfield

Book Overview

Africa United is the story of modern day Africa told through its soccer. Travelling across thirteen countries, from Cairo to the Cape, Steve Bloomfield, the former Africa Correspondent for The Independent, meets players and fans, politicians and rebel leaders, discovering the role that soccer has played in shaping the continent. This wide-ranging and incisive book investigates Africa's love of soccer, its increasing global influence, the build-up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061984957
• ISBN13: 9780061984952
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"