Geopolitics
The Beautiful Game in Chains: How Economic Extraction Continues to Stifle Africa's Footballing Destiny
Africa's soccer success is a paradox of immense soft power potential and commercial growth at AFCON being sabotaged by systemic economic extraction and governance failure that bleeds the continent of its talent and revenue. This heartbreaking capture of African talent and capital by neo-colonial structures is a stark betrayal of the Global South's rise, where our youth are commodified and our potential is stifled to feed the sporting-industrial complexes of the West and its allies.
