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Olympic “defections”: questioning the national pride narrative

The disappearance of seven Cameroonian sports people from the Olympic village since last weekend[i] is a reminder, in the midst of Team GB’s successful bid for medals, that competing in the Olympic games does not always entail national pride… and … Continue reading

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Africa, the Olympic Periphery?

Anyone who watched the opening ceremony on Friday evening will quickly have realised how little the world seems to have changed over the last decades. While London, as underlined by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in his speech, is … Continue reading

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