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Sport in Africa : essays in social history / edited by William J. Baker and James A. Mangan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Africa--History.
- Sports.
- History.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Africana Pub. Co., 1987.
- Contents:
- Games and sport in pre-colonial African societies / John Blacking
- The wrestling tradition and its social functions / Sigrid Paul
- The biggest game of all / Thomas Q. Reese
- Imperial administration and the athletic imperative / Anthony Kirk-Greene
- Sport and African soldiers / Anthony Clayton
- Ethics and ethnocentricity / James A. Mangan
- Hunting in Eastern and Central Africa in the late nineteenth century, with special reference to Zimbabwe / John M. MacKenzie
- Pugilism and pathology / Terence Ranger
- Africa's triple heritage of play / Ali A. Mazrui
- An exceptional case / Robert Archer
- Sport as an instrument of political expansion / Baruch A. Hazan
- Political games / William J. Baker.
- ISBN:
- 0841909067
- 0841909407
- OCLC:
- 15107411
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