'It's Africa's turn!' The narratives and legitimations surrounding the Moroccan and South African bids for the 2006 and 2010 FIFA finals

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1293-1309

  Cornelissen, Scarlett ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; SPORT;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746451258     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014365904200281285     Document Type: Article

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