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Soccer grannies : the South African women who inspire the world
- Title
- Soccer grannies : the South African women who inspire the world / Jean Duffy.
- Author
- Duffy, Jean, 1958-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
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Details
- Description
- xix, 231 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The inspirational story of an amazing group of soccer-playing South African "grannies" and their journey to the U.S. These women play together despite resistance from their communities in order to improve their health and socialize-and for a brief respite from the injustices and struggles they face on a daily basis"--
- Subject
- Women soccer players > South Africa > Biography
- Women, Black > South Africa > Biography
- Women, Black > South Africa > Social conditions
- Soccer > Social aspects > South Africa
- Soccer > Social aspects
- Social conditions
- Women, Black
- Women, Black > Social conditions
- Women soccer players
- South Africa > Social conditions
- South Africa
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Rebecca "Beka" Ntsanwsi -- Prologue : a people united -- Part I: the dream -- Vakhegula Vakhegula FC -- Mama, we can try this -- We're not bimbos -- A little bit of good -- Vusiwana I Vuloyi -- Mama Beka : the Mother Teresa of Limpopo -- The grannies are coming! the grannies are coming! -- A more perfect (re)union -- Granny Rossina : what happens in the bush . . . -- Five Is a lot -- Granny Khune : we danced like crazy -- R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- Ukuleles and Vuvuzelas -- Granny Bull : the fierce fighter -- Rain falling on parched land -- Granny Norah : the hard way -- May you score many goals -- Mopane worms and sequined gowns -- Granny Omo : like two hands that wash each other -- Thunder -- Granny Gaisa : God is my protector -- You strike a woman, you strike a rock -- The baobab tree -- Epilogue : sisters in soccer .
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3424
- ISBN
- 9781538170175
- 1538170175
- LCCN
- 2022039787
- OCLC
- 1345218613
- Author
- Duffy, Jean, 1958- author.
- Title
- Soccer grannies : the South African women who inspire the world / Jean Duffy.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3424