• Percy Zvomuya

The author, a football fan and writer, wonders if there is football in heaven? And if there is, does God himself play? And if he does, what position does he plays?

• Marc Fletcher

Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates is South Africa's fiercest football rivalry. It is increasingly less about the football and more about merchandise on offer to fans of both teams, especially Chiefs.

• Braden Ruddy

Watching the African Nations Cup Final at The Shrine in Harlem.

• Cheta Nwanze

Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi's decision to resign one day after winning AFCON is a metaphor for the current political climate in Nigeria.

• Cheta Nwanze

It is appropriate that Stephen Keshi, an African champion with Nigeria in 1994, coached the team to victory in South Africa.

• Elliot Ross

The ultimate preview of the 2013 Afcon Final: Will it be Stephen Keshi's time or can the Burkinabé shock the world in Soweto?

• John James

Or a playlist for Côte d'Ivoire's golden generation of footballers.

• M.anifest

• Elliot Ross

A footballing minnow has shocked the great names of African football with a series of audacious, spirited displays, making it all the way to the 2013 Afcon final.

• Jesse Weaver Shipley

• Laurent Dubois

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.

• Braden Ruddy

Watching the African Nations Cup with Ghana fans on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.

• Akin Adeṣọkan

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi's understanding of Nigeria and its football politics may be a template to how think Nigeria out of its political leadership crisis.

• Cheta Nwanze

The job of Nigeria's men national team is one of the worst places to be on the planet. So, when the team wins, we all celebrate.

• Elliot Ross

• Youssef Benlamlih

North African teams failed to get out of the group stages at the 2013 African Cup of Nations. The best spin is that at least we got to see their future potentials.

• Jimmy Kainja

Africa's men's national football teams have failed to improve under foreign coaches and there is nothing to suggest that this state of affairs will ever improve.

• Braden Ruddy

Watching Morocco defeat South Africa in the 2013 African Cup of Nations from a Moroccan enclave in Astoria in Queens, New York.

• Braden Ruddy

Watching the Africans Cup of Nations among expectant fans at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.

• Cláudio Silva

Angola is the big brother of Africa’s Lusophone nations, so Cape Verde’s win over Angola in AFCON 2013 was greatly appreciated.