African Soccer Fans and Their Colonial Connections
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:14 pm
One would think that natives of a land would have no love for their former colonizers but when it comes to soccer, the opposite is true. I came across this Kenyan forum about this same issue.
http://www.mashada.com/forums/kenya/122 ... hetic.html
In Somalia, the North are British soccer fans where the Southern Somalis have mad love for the Azzuri. People like Shirib would go crazy if you tell them Italian soccer sucks.
Djiboutians support the French team
Kenyans are big time British soccer fans
Angola is known to like the portuguese soccer
I would love to read some literature on this. After all, the colonizers accomplished more than taking natural resources from Africa. The Africans still love them
Anybody has any links on a good academia literature on these connections? Why would a Kenyan whose grandfather was colonized by the British would came to the conclusion that the British team is the best team in the worldcup arena. Amazing.
http://www.mashada.com/forums/kenya/122 ... hetic.html
In Somalia, the North are British soccer fans where the Southern Somalis have mad love for the Azzuri. People like Shirib would go crazy if you tell them Italian soccer sucks.
Djiboutians support the French team
Kenyans are big time British soccer fans
Angola is known to like the portuguese soccer
I would love to read some literature on this. After all, the colonizers accomplished more than taking natural resources from Africa. The Africans still love them
Anybody has any links on a good academia literature on these connections? Why would a Kenyan whose grandfather was colonized by the British would came to the conclusion that the British team is the best team in the worldcup arena. Amazing.
