African Football History

The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism The Defiant charts a century of football-based activism against fascism and the far right - from the 1920s to the present day. Discover the role that footballers, fans, coaches and officials played in...

#OnThisDay, 28 October 1922 🇮🇹

Mussolini completes his ‘March on Rome’, ushering in the world’s first fascist dictatorship

What role did football play in opposing fascism?

Find out in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism

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✏️Hellenic Africa.

This piece looks at Greek influence on early African football in Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt.

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The 'Other' Congo Congo, a word that is usually associated with either the river or one of the largest countries in Africa; the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

⚽The 'Other' Congo.

While everyone knows the story of Zaire in 1974, very little is known of the other Congolese side that reached their peak during the late 1960s.

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⚽Turning Squirrels into Cheetahs: A brief history of Benin's national team.

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Stories from African Football | Ben Jackson | Substack Ben Jackson, author of 'The Africa Cup of Nations: The history of an underappreciated tournament' explores African football's past and present. Click to read Stories from African Football, by Ben Jack...

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