Through the prism of sports: Why should Africanists study sports?

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-349

  Vidacs, Bea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthropology; Cameroon; Football; Politics; Society; Sport; World cup

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348984461     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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