In Chapter 7 How Soccer Explains The Black Carpathians the author includes the tale of Eward Anyamkyegh and other Nigerians that found their way to post communist Ukraine to play soccer. After communism dissolved in the early 1990s the Ukraine soccer clubs that were owned by the state almost completely fell out of sight until the Oligarchs bought into them. The Oligarchs who benefited from their positions in the communist party had enough money and drive to buy the teams and place ambitions of becoming worthy competitors on a world stage. To do so they imported Nigerian players. Heres an example of Nigerian players and their stories of being exploited by European clubs:
I believe the author included this in the book as another example of how the importance of soccer on the global scene generated a world culture.
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