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SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem
ologies—Peter Alegi
DESCRIPTION:\nBio:\n\nPeter Alegi is professor of history at Michigan St
ate University where he has received several teaching awards for his cou
rses on South Africa\, modern Africa\, and global soccer. He is the auth
or and editor of several books\, including Laduma! Soccer\, Politics &am
p\; Society in South Africa\, African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Chan
ged the World’s Game\, and Africa’s World Cup. His new book\, Cool Under
Pressure: Bonga-Bonga’s Global African Football Life\, co-authored with
Gerard Akindes\, will be published by Ohio University Press in fall 202
6. Alegi is currently writing a book on how scholarly podcasting is chan
ging the field of African studies\, a project inspired by his experience
as host of the Africa Past and Present podcast—the longest-running Afri
can studies podcast in the world. Alegi is a founding member of Sports A
frica\, a coordinate organization of the U.S. African Studies Associatio
n\, and convenes the online Football Scholars Forum. Finally\, he is the
editor of MSU Press’s African History and Culture book series and serve
s on the advisory boards of the International Journal of African Histori
cal Studies and African Studies.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.
psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-peter-alegi/
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Peter
Alegi is professor of history at Michigan State University where he has
received several teaching awards for his courses on South Africa, moder
n Africa, and global soccer. He is the author and editor of several book
s, including Laduma! Soccer, Politics & Society in South Africa<
/em>, African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game
, and Africa’s World Cup. His new book, Cool Under Pre
ssure: Bonga-Bonga’s Global African Football Life, co-authored with
Gerard Akindes, will be published by Ohio University Press in fall 2026
. Alegi is currently writing a book on how scholarly podcasting is chang
ing the field of African studies, a project inspired by his experience a
s host of the Africa Past and Present podcast—the longest-running Africa
n studies podcast in the world. Alegi is a founding member of Sports Afr
ica, a coordinate organization of the U.S. African Studies Association,
and convenes the online Football Scholars Forum. Finally, he is the edit
or of MSU Press’s African History and Culture book series and serves on
the advisory boards of the International Journal of African Historic
al Studies and African Studies.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-peter-ale
gi/
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