Eleven Named People
Sean Jacobs, Amanda Jorri, Ivan Pech, Anna Olimpia de Moura Leite, Jörg Wiegratz, Derek CatsamDedicated to exploring the history, culture, and politics that shape—and are shaped by—the teams and players we follow.
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11 Questions for Laurent Dubois
Laurent Dubois was an early adopter of taking sports seriously as a subject of historical inquiry and as a field of public intellectual engagement. When I edited Africa Is a Country (2009–2023), Laurent contributed extensively to our covera...
Take Me to Your Leader: Jay Z
Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has become a poster boy for what it means for a Black, working-class man to succeed in capitalist America. In hip hop, which thrives on this discourse, people widely celebrate his success. But he also re...
Springbok Agonistes
“Agoniste” is an ancient Greek word meaning “a contestant, champion, or person engaged in struggle, combat, or inner conflict.” South Africa may well not be an underdog in rugby terms. But the country can certainly claim underdog status in...
11 Questions for Abraham Zere
Abraham Zere.
I first met Abraham Tesfalul Zere online around 2015, when he began contributing to Africa Is a Country. At the time, he was living in Athens, Ohio, where he had settled as a refugee from his native Eritrea. He completed his...
The Influencer Election
Raphinha, via IG.
The first round of the Brazilian elections, held on October 4, 2026, ended with candidate Flávio Bolsonaro—son of former president Jair Bolsonaro—ahead of the current and three-time president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lu...
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Sean Jacobs is on the faculty of The New School and is Founder-Editor of Africa is a Country. He has written about football culture for Al Jazeera, Africa Is a Country, The New York Times, The Guardian and Roads and Kingdoms, among others.
Economist and a PhD student in public policy at The New School for Social Research. Her interests include inequality, development, and decolonial approaches, with attention to how historical power structures shape social and cultural phenomena.
Ivan Pech is a recent graduate from The New School For Social Research. His work has appeared in Africa Is A Country, Michigan Quarterly Review,Public Seminar, among others.
Anna is a PhD student at The New School for Social Research and a Director at LCA Consultores in Brazil. She is interested about the intersection of economics, culture, and football.
Associate Professor in Global Political Economy and Development at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds (UK), and Senior Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg (South Africa).
History professor; Writer; Sports fan. Not always in that order, and not always neatly separated. Opinions my own because, well, whose else would they be?
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