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Dawson McCall

Dawson McCall is a professor of history at Loyola University, New Orleans, where he teaches courses on the histories of African sports, human rights, and African diasporas.

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A pivot towards Africa

The positive reactions of Africans to Morocco’s performance at the World Cup are not outliers. Sport has often challenged outsiders’ view of Africa’s regions as disparate and disconnected.