Soccer Grannies - The South African Women Who Inspire the World

The inspirational story of an amazing group of soccer-playing South African "grannies" and their journey to the U.S. These women play together despite resistance from their communities in order to improve their health and socialize-and for a brief respite from the injustices and struggles they face on a daily basis.

List of contents

Contents

Foreword, Rebecca "Beka" Ntsanwsi
Author's Note
Prologue: A People United

Part I The Dream
1 Vakhegula Vakhegula FC
2 Mama, We Can Try This
3 We're Not Bimbos
4 A Little Bit of Good
5 Vusiwana I Vuloyi
Mama Beka: The Mother Teresa of Limpopo
6 The Grannies Are Coming! The Grannies Are Coming!

Part II The Game
7 A More Perfect (Re)union
Granny Rossina: What Happens in the Bush . . .
8 Five Is a Lot
Granny Khune: We Danced like Crazy
9 R-E-S-P-E-C-T
10 Ukuleles and Vuvuzelas
Granny Bull: The Fierce Fighter
11 Rain Falling on Parched Land
Granny Norah: The Hard Way
12 May You Score Many Goals

Part III The Goal
13 Mopane Worms and Sequined Gowns
Granny Omo: Like Two Hands that Wash Each Other
14 Thunder
Granny Gaisa: God Is My Protector
15 You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock
16 The Baobab Tree
Epilogue: Sisters in Soccer

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Jean Duffy is a nonfiction writer who has published with the Boston Globe, the Concord Monitor, the Packingtown Review, the Somerville Journal, the Stamford Advocate, and WBUR Cognoscenti. Jean worked for twenty-six years as an engineer and manager before retiring and can now be found playing soccer and consulting with nonprofits. Follow her online at https://jeanduffy.com.

Product details

• Authors: Duffy Jean
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2025
• EAN: 9798881806323
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0632-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Illustrations: 30 b/w photos
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Sport: general, Gender studies: women, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: women & girls, SPORTS & RECREATION / Women in Sports, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity