The ‘magic’ of the beautiful game
African football is often maligned as steeped in superstition. But rather than endemic to the continent, debates about football ‘sorcery’ reflect global dynamics.
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Uroš Kovač is a social anthropologist writing about gender, migration, religion, and sports. He is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Groningen, Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society.
African football is often maligned as steeped in superstition. But rather than endemic to the continent, debates about football ‘sorcery’ reflect global dynamics.