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Leisure, English Premier League soccer spectatorship and social identities in Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya

Solomon Waliaulaa Maasai Mara University, Kenya;b University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Frederick Mbogoc The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya
Pages 909-919 | Published online: 10 Sep 2021

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