Sport has been a component of African cultural life for several hundred years. In today's globalised world, Africans and Africa have become a vital part of the international sporting landscape. This is the first book to attempt to survey the full historical, contemporary and geographical breadth of that landscape.

Introduction [Mahfoud Amara and John Nauright] 1. African Sports Personalities and the African Diaspora in Europe [Claude Boli] 2. Football and Politics in Morocco [Moncef Lyazghi and Abderrahim Rharib] 3. The Transforming Sport TV Broadcasting Landscape in Africa: Localization and Transnational Broadcasting [Gerard Akindes] 4. Africa and the Struggle Against Apartheid Sport [Marc Keech] 5. Africa, Migration and Football [N. Van Der Meij and P. Darby] 6. Sport and International Relations in North Africa [Bouandel Youcef and Mahfoud Amara] 7. Traditional Sports and Games in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa [Cora Burnett] 8. The African Diaspora and Sport in the United States [Derek Charles Catsam] 9. The Imagined Zulu and Ethnobranding in South African Sport [John Nauright and Benedict Carton] 10. Africa and Sports Tourism [Tembi Tichaawa, Urmilla Bob and Kamilla Swart] 11. Women and Race in African and African Diaspora Sport [Sasha Sutherland and John Nauright] Conclusion [Mahfoud Amara and John Nauright]