More Than Just A Game

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DATE : Fri, 14 May 2010 17:07:42 -0400
Entered in Database : 2010-05-14 21:07:42
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When they were incarcerated on Robben Island as enemies of the South African state in the mid-sixties, a group of prisoners decided that what they and their fellow inmates needed was a soccer league. It might seem like a curious conclusion for a group suffering from exhaustion, hunger, and beatings to reach, but in More Than Just A Game, Chuck Korr argues that the determination to play soccer on Robben Island had profound consequences for the history of South Africa. Bill speaks to Korr about his new book.

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