• Youssef Benlamlih

The US Major Soccer League is luring foreign players, especially decent African players, and not just those whose careers are on the wane.

• Percy Zvomuya

The author, a football fan and writer, wonders if there is football in heaven? And if there is, does God himself play? And if he does, what position does he plays?

• Braden Ruddy

Watching the African Nations Cup Final at The Shrine in Harlem.

• Elliot Ross

The ultimate preview of the 2013 Afcon Final: Will it be Stephen Keshi's time or can the Burkinabé shock the world in Soweto?

• M.anifest

• Elliot Ross

A footballing minnow has shocked the great names of African football with a series of audacious, spirited displays, making it all the way to the 2013 Afcon final.

• Jesse Weaver Shipley

• Laurent Dubois

The historian Laurent Dubois watches the African Cup of Nations in Senegal and can't help mix it up with the history of colonialism and neo-colonialism in the region.

• Akin Adeṣọkan

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi's understanding of Nigeria and its football politics may be a template to how think Nigeria out of its political leadership crisis.

• Cheta Nwanze

The job of Nigeria's men national team is one of the worst places to be on the planet. So, when the team wins, we all celebrate.

• Elliot Ross

• Youssef Benlamlih

North African teams failed to get out of the group stages at the 2013 African Cup of Nations. The best spin is that at least we got to see their future potentials.

• Wanlov The Kubolor

Ghanaian artist Wanlov the Kubolor’s has an Afcon 2013 playlist for his country's national football team.

• Jimmy Kainja

Africa's men's national football teams have failed to improve under foreign coaches and there is nothing to suggest that this state of affairs will ever improve.

• Braden Ruddy

Watching the Africans Cup of Nations among expectant fans at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.

• Youssef Benlamlih

What music do young Moroccans listen to at home and in the diaspora right now?

• Cláudio Silva

Angola is the big brother of Africa’s Lusophone nations, so Cape Verde’s win over Angola in AFCON 2013 was greatly appreciated.

• Charles Mafa

The Zambian journalist canvassed his friends for a playlist of top Zambian tunes praising their footballing heroes.

• Art Melody

The Burkinabe rapper Art Melody's playlist for Burkina Faso's men's national team in the 2013 African Cup of Nations.

• Njabulo Ngidi

The second in our playlists for the national teams in the 2013 African Cup of Nations. This one is for the hosts, South Africa.