@article{71daede30aaa4427ab3e77a7b772cb02,
title = "Following the Ball: The Migration of African Soccer Players across the Portuguese Colonial Empire, 1949–1975 (Review article)",
abstract = "In Following the Ball, Todd Cleveland meticulously unpacks the history of African soccer players{\textquoteright} migratory journeys across the Portuguese colonial empire. While this book makes an invaluable contribution to what is a nascent body of literature on the migration of African football players, it also represents a telling addition to our understanding of the encounters between coloniser and colonised and how these played out specifically within the Portuguese colonial project.",
author = "Paul Darby",
note = "Agergaard S and Ungruhe C (2016) Ambivalent precarity: career trajectories and temporalities in highly skilled sports labour. Anthropology of Work Review37(2): 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/awr.12096 Darby P (2002) Africa, football and FIFA: politics, colonialism and resistance. London and New York: Frank Cass. Darby P (2007) African football labour migration to Portugal: colonial and neo-colonial resource. Soccer and Society 8 (4): 495-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970701440774 ",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
day = "12",
doi = "10.18820/24150479/aa50i2.8",
language = "English",
pages = "139--144",
journal = "Acta Academica ",
issn = "0587-2405",
publisher = "Sun Media Corporation",
}