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02679aam a22003738i 4500 001 D682C4F40F2F11EE890B044E24ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230620010037 008 220901s2023 mdu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022039787 020 $a 1538170175 020 $a 9781538170175 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d TLC $e rda $d SILO 041 $a eng 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- 050 $a GV 942 7 A1 D84 2023 100 1 $a Duffy, Jean, $d 1958- $e Author $0 (DLC)n 2022051830 245 10 $a Soccer grannies : $b the South African women who inspire the world / $c Jean Duffy. 263 $a 2304 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, $c [2023] 300 $a 229 pages $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / Rebecca "Beka" Ntsanwsi -- Prologue : a people united -- Part I: the dream -- Vakhegula Vakhegula FC -- Mama, we can try this -- We're not bimbos -- A little bit of good -- Vusiwana I Vuloyi -- Mama Beka : the Mother Teresa of Limpopo -- The grannies are coming! the grannies are coming! -- A more perfect (re)union -- Granny Rossina : what happens in the bush . . . -- Five Is a lot -- Granny Khune : we danced like crazy -- R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- Ukuleles and Vuvuzelas -- Granny Bull : the fierce fighter -- Rain falling on parched land -- Granny Norah : the hard way -- May you score many goals -- Mopane worms and sequined gowns -- Granny Omo : like two hands that wash each other -- Thunder -- Granny Gaisa : God is my protector -- You strike a woman, you strike a rock -- The baobab tree -- Epilogue : sisters in soccer . 520 $a "The inspirational story of an amazing group of soccer-playing South African "grannies" and their journey to the U.S. These women play together despite resistance from their communities in order to improve their health and socialize-and for a brief respite from the injustices and struggles they face on a daily basis"--. $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women soccer players $z South Africa $v Biography $0 (DLC)sh 97009161 650 0 $a Women, Black $z South Africa $v Biography $0 (DLC)sh 85147364 650 0 $a Women, Black $z South Africa $x Social conditions $0 (DLC)sh 85147364 650 0 $a Soccer $x Social aspects $z South Africa $0 (DLC)sh 85123885 651 0 $a South Africa $x Social conditions $0 (DLC)n 79023005 776 08 $i Online version: $a Duffy, Jean, 1958- $t Soccer grannies $d Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2023] $z 9781538170182 $w (DLC) 2022039788 941 $a 1 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011831.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D682C4F40F2F11EE890B044E24ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search