Sport in the African World
Sport has been a component of African cultural life for several hundred years. In todays globalized world, Africans and Africa have become a vital part of the international sporting landscape. This is the first book to attempt to survey the historical, contemporary and geographical breadth of that landscape, drawing on multidisciplinary scholarship from around the world.
To gain an understanding of sport in Africa and its contributions to the global sports world, one must first consider the ways in which sport itself is a terrain of conflict and represents another symbolic territory to conquer. Addressing key themes such as colonialism, globalization, migration, apartheid, politics and international relations, sports media and broadcasting, ethnobranding, sports tourism and the African diaspora in Europe and the United States, this collection of original scholarship offers a significant contribution to this burgeoning field of research.
Sport in the African World is fascinating reading for all students and scholars with an interest in sport studies, sport history, African history or African culture.
John Nauright is Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation at the University of North Texas, USA. Until May 2016 he was Professor of Sport and Leisure Management at the University of Brighton, UK. He is the author and editor of many books including the award-winning Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity, the Routledge Companion to Sports History and Sport around the World: History, Culture and Practice.
Mahfoud Amara is currently the Director of the Sport Science Program at the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, and Assistant Professor in Sport Management and Policy. He has a number of publications on the topic of sport, business, politics and society in the Arab region. His other research interests are sport and social inclusion and cultural diversity. In 2012 he published a book with Palgrave Macmillan on Sport Politics and Society in the Arab World. He is co-editor with Alberto Testa of Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities (Routledge, 2015).
Sport in the African World
Edited by John Nauright and Mahfoud Amara
First published 2018
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Contributors
Gerard Akindes is currently working for the Josoor Institute in Doha, Qatar. His role with the Josoor Institute consists of organizing sports and events management education programs and coordinating Josoor Institutes research projects. Prior to moving to Qatar, Gerard taught sport management and sports for development in the Department of Sports Administration at Ohio University, Athens, USA. His academic publications focus on international sport management, the political economy of sport broadcasting, and elite athletes mobility and migration. He co-edited a book on identities, politics and football in Africa. He is co-founder and coordinator of the Sports Africa conferences and the Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports, Impumelelo. Gerard has an extensive sport background of active engagement in both playing and coaching basketball. He played international basketball in Benin, Togo and Cte dIvoire and coached youth, women and mens basketball in Belgium. He also serves as advisor to various sports and development NGOs in Africa.
Mahfoud Amara joined Qatar University in the fall of 2015. He is the Director of the Sport Science Program at the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. Before joining Qatar University he was Assistant Professor in Sport Policy and Management and Deputy Director of the Centre for Olympic Studies and Research in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. Dr Amara has a specific interest in sport business, culture and politics in Arab and Muslim contexts. He has published material on the politics of the Pan-Arab Games, sport in colonial and post-colonial contexts, sport and the business of media broadcasting, the sport and modernization debate, and sport development and development through sport. His other research interest is sport, multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue, including the provision of sport for ethnic minorities/sport and social inclusion/sport and integration. In 2012 he published a book with Palgrave and Macmillan, Sport Politics and Society in the Arab World. He is co-editor with Alberto Testa of Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities (Routledge, 2015).
Urmilla Bob is a Professor in Geography in the School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences as well as University Dean of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. She conducts research on a range of developmental and environmental issues, including socio-economic impact assessments of developmental projects in relation to conservation and tourism projects (including sport tourism events) as well as sustainable livelihoods in both rural and urban contexts. She has published in these fields in both nationally and internationally recognized academic books and journals. She is involved in several capacity-building programmes and skills development initiatives. She has supervised to completion more than 40 masters and 15 PhD students. She has training expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies and techniques, monitoring and evaluation, development of indicators and environmental impact assessment, and gender analytical methodologies.
Claude Boli has a PhD in history (De Montfort University, Leicester, UK) and in sociology (University of Nantes, France). His research focuses on British contemporary history, the Black population in Europe and Sports cultures. Currently, he heads the research department at the National Museum of Sport in Nice, France. He is an international exhibition curator: In sport mode 2015, Des batailles et des jeux. Le sport franais dans la Grande Guerre, 2015; Athltes extraordinaires. Laventure du handisport et du sport adapt, 2015, Tour de France, 2011, and so on. He is the author of several books, the most recent are:
