Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football

Ian Hawkey

Pavilion Books, Sep 7, 2009 - History - 312 pages

Feet of the Chameleon is a comprehensive study of African football, tracing the development of the world’s favourite sport through the tangled history and complex social and political life of this fascinating continent.

About the author

!--StartFragment--Ian Hawkey is an authority on world football and has been the international football correspondent for the Sunday Times since 2001. He has lived in four African countries (Nigeria, Egypt, Zimbabwe and South Africa) and visited a further twenty-four African nations whilst researching his book Feet of the Chameleon.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football
• Author: Ian Hawkey
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Pavilion Books, 2009
• ISBN: 1906032718, 9781906032715
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: History / Africa / General; Sports & Recreation / Cultural & Social Aspects; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports & Recreation / History; Sports & Recreation / Soccer