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Soccer Grannies - The South African Women Who Inspire the World

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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.

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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


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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.

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