Ghana’s Black Queens

My forthcoming book, Ghana’s Black Queens: The Women who made Football in the Postcolonial Nation, tells the story of the formation of the women’s national team from the late 1980s to the present. The book situates the story of women’s football in Ghana within the context of international, national, and local politics. Relying on in-depth interviews with retired Ghanaian women footballers, team administrators, and journalists, alongside analysis of newspaper and personal archives, and observations of the current women’s football league, the book weaves these data to paint vibrant picture of the struggles and successes of the athletes and administrators who helped to make women’s football a reality in the country. These are people whose perspectives on the sport have not been engaged before and their narratives help us better understand global gender struggles and successes from an African perspective.