Tag: soccer
[Sports] The emergence of a #SinoAfrica soccer fandom?
The image below -circulating on Chinese social media- was reportedly created by a Beijing-based travel company to promote their packagesContinue Reading
[Sports] The Africans are coming: is the Chinese Super League the next big thing for African players?
Amid the massive uproar that several shocking moves caused over the winter in the international soccer market, here’s a listContinue Reading
[Football] Africans playing soccer in China
Planet Sports’ interview with Gambian Bubacarr Trawally, the first African soccer player to go directly from an African team toContinue Reading
[Soccer] Guangzhou’s Fuli attracts African supporters
Guangzhou’s Fuli (广州富力), a recently founded soccer team in the city (2011), seems to be gathering a significant African fan base. The crowdContinue Reading
[Open Research] ‘Homing’ Guangzhou: Emplacement, belonging and precarity among Africans in China*
Roberto Castillo (2015). International Journal of Cultural Studies. Street crossing in Guangyuan West Road. The number of Africans sojourning, recurrentlyContinue Reading