Understanding the African sports economy
Sports on the continent are being commercialized at a rapid rate. What’s driving it?
5 Articles by:
Jörg Wiegratz
Jörg Wiegratz is a Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development at the University of Leeds, and Senior Research Associate in Sociology, University of Johannesburg.
The remarkable revival of Ugandan football
Uganda has never qualified for the World Cup, but at a continental level it is making a comeback. So is its club football.
Another neoliberal Spring
Now that we have had time to process it: Uganda’s January 2021 elections were a key step in the country’s long transformation towards a fully fledged neoliberal society.
The ‘New’ Neoliberal Uganda
Challenging the success narrative that masks the disruptive social impact of neoliberal transformation under General Yoweri Museveni in Uganda.
The silences about capitalism in Africa
Many African countries are by now capitalist societies and analytically need to be treated as such when we talk about or study them.