Laurent Dubois
AFRICA IS A COUNTRY
Durham, NC, United States
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The Football Griot
For a long time most football fans experienced the game via the radio, making broadcasters cult figures. Like Allou Ndiaye in 1950s Senegal. → Read More
Who are you rooting for
The historian Laurent Dubois watches the African Cup of Nations in Senegal and can't help mix it up with the history of colonialism and neo-colonialism in the region. → Read More
The Blood of the Impure
The meaning and performance of nationalism using nothing but examples from the debate about football and the French national anthem. → Read More
Pogbacité
Would France's World Cup championship team be a bellwether for France's political future? → Read More
France’s Ghosts Return for the World Cup
Much has happened since the country won its last World Cup two decades ago, making this a bittersweet moment in a country always romancing the past. → Read More
The Improbable Beauty of Lukaku’s Hop
One of the most generous and intelligent moves of the World Cup helps explain why people all over the planet are obsessed with soccer. → Read More
How to really watch the World Cup
A trip inside the memory palace of the beautiful game. → Read More
How to really watch the World Cup
A trip inside the memory palace of the beautiful game. → Read More
How to really watch the World Cup
A trip inside the memory palace of the beautiful game. → Read More
Watch these soccer players in the World Cup — and how they cash in afterward
Soccer’s transfer market can be a financial bonanza for those who break out in the World Cup. → Read More
How missing the next World Cup could help the U.S. in future ones
Other countries improved their soccer programs after similar failures. → Read More
Why Haiti should be at the centre of the Age of Revolution – Laurent Dubois
Haiti, not the US or France, was where the assertion of human rights reached its defining climax in the Age of Revolution → Read More
Drogbacité
My candidate for the best thing ever posted on the internet – an object that may single-handedly justify the existence of social media – is this clip of Didier Drogba, along with his wife and two f… → Read More
Michelle Akers\'s objectivity a welcome voice in coverage of U.S. Soccer
For coverage lacking objectivity, Michelle Akers's critical and unbiased voice is a welcome one in U.S. Soccer → Read More
Hall of Fame voters on how Deflategate saga impacts their vote for Brady
Pro Football Hall of Fame voters discuss whether Tom Brady's Hall of Fame chances will suffer as a result of Deflategate and the Wells Report findings. → Read More
France vs. Germany quarterfinal highlights best of women\'s soccer
The France vs. Germany quarterfinal match offered the best of what women's soccer has to offer → Read More
A look at the cultural significance of the hijab and France\'s Jessica Houara
France's Jessica Houara recently posed for a portrait wearing a hijab, the headscarf that has ignited a furious cultural debate in France. With Houara's visibility on the popular French national team, what does the future hold for players who wish to wear headscarves? → Read More
What Will We Take From This Tournament?
Some World Cups write a beautiful romance, but more often, they offer up troubled stories → Read More
The Making of Belgium's Golden Generation, and Imported Versus Cultivated Talent
It has been noted: Maybe what US soccer needs is more military bases in places like Spain and Brazil → Read More
Why Are These Fans Showing Up to World Cup Matches in Blackface?
And what is FIFA going to do about it? → Read More