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Choose via go-go. The Athletic. Hello and welcome to the Tefo Football Podcast.

I am John Mackenzie and I'm joined as I always am by my good pal and producer Mike Zimmerman Mike how are you doing

I'm doing well trying to stay warm here in the US how are you John I'm doing okay it's

chilly over here in the UK but a place where it won't be chilly this next few weeks is the Ivory Coast which is where

Afghan 2023 is taking place and we were lucky enough in this episode to have two very special

guests on who know pretty much everything there is to know about

African football so we had Alistahoweth and Mahaim Masahi who are both

freelance journalists who cover African football on to talk all about Afghan 2023.

Mike you've just listened to that conversation what did you make of it?

Well not only were we getting people excited for the tournament but I think our

listeners will learn a lot about African football, the subcultures, and why the tournament kind of started as a way to unify the continent.

Yeah, and I think what's fantastic about our guests is that they're able to talk about the sociocultural aspects as well as what's

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