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Researchers have long sought to gain insight into the behaviour of footballers when it comes to their spending culture. This is a big issue in Africa, particularly for players who join European and other foreign clubs and earn large sums of money. Ernest Yeboah Acheampong unpacks research he has done on how these players spend their earnings, and what factors influence their decisions to give back to their communities at home.
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Ghana player Asamoah Gyan celebrates a goal against Portugal during a 2014 FIFA World Cup match in Brazil.
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Ernest Yeboah Acheampong, University of Education
A complex set of factors influence how African footballers make financial decisions about the money they earn abroad.
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Politics + Society
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Mohamed Kerrou, Université de Tunis El Manar
Essebsi made three master strokes which mean his legacy will have a lasting impact.
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Don Pinnock, University of Cape Town
At present South Africa is simply placing a potentially dangerous market into the hands of criminal syndicates and international traffickers.
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Arts + Culture
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Stella Viljoen, Stellenbosch University
Beautiful art can provide hope and healing.
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Peter Vale, University of Pretoria
South Africans seem to be fascinated with the way in which spying is entwined in the country’s politics.
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En français
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