Contribution to Book
South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010: African Players’ Global Labor Distribution and Legacy
African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives
(2014)
Abstract
The football World Cup tournament represents the pinnacle of the game globally. It is the dream of a player not only to take part in the World Cup final tournament but also to win it and be crowned as a world champion. Association football (soccer) is one of the most popular sports, with more than 270 million players worldwide and 209 national associations affiliated to Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (FIFA, 2012). The highest point on the calendar is the international competition in which all countries throughout the world can participate — the FIFA World Cup, an international football competition contested by the men’s national football teams of the member nations of FIFA, the global governing body of football. This championship has been held every four years since the first tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and1946, due to World War II (Wong, 2008).
Keywords
- Labour,
- Migration,
- European League,
- Identity Construction,
- National Team,
- European Football
Disciplines
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Citation Information
Wycliffe W Njororai Simiyu. "South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010: African Players’ Global Labor Distribution and Legacy" LondonAfrican Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives (2014) p. 71 - 90 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wycliffe-njororaisimiyu/32/