Outcasts United

Author:

By Warren St John

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Hardback

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Football

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Jun 2009
• ISBN: 0007264356
• Pages: 320
• Size: 240mm x 159mm

From Word of Sport:

A female coach, herself an immigrant, and a team of refugees finding salvation by playing football in a small town in Clarkston, Georgia. Sound improbable? Well, this is the real-life story of The Fugees. Not only does it highlight the power of football as a unifying force, it also provides a fascinating portrait of the impact of immigration in a small town in the American South.

From the Publisher:

The extraordinary story of a refugee football team and the transformation of a small American town. Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement centre in the 1990s, becoming home to scores of families in flight from the world's war zones - from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan. Suddenly Clarkston's streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colours playing football in any open space they could find.

Among them was Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian woman who founded a youth football team to unify Clarkston's refugee children and keep them off the streets. These kids named themselves the Fugees. Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees and their charismatic coach.

Warren St. John documents the lives of a diverse group of young people as they miraculously coalesce into a band of brothers, while also drawing a fascinating portrait of a fading American town struggling to accommodate its new arrivals. At the centre of the story is fiery Coach Luma, who relentlessly drives her players to success on the football field while holding together their lives - and the lives of their families - in the face of a series of daunting challenges.

This fast-paced chronicle of a single season is a complex and inspiring tale of a small town becoming a global community - and an account of the ingenious and complicated ways we create a home in a changing world.