Sport in Africa
Subtitle: essays in social history
By: edited by William J. Baker and James A. Mangan.
Contributors: Baker, William J. 1938-; Mangan, J. A.
Publisher: Africana Pub. Co.
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Sports -- Africa -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Games and sport in pre-colonial African societies / John Blacking; title: The wrestling tradition and its social functions / Sigrid Paul; title: The biggest game of all / Thomas Q. Reefe; title: Imperial administration and the athletic imperative / Anthony Kirk-Greene; title: Sport and African soldiers / Anthony Clayton; title: Ethics and ethnocentricity / James A. Mangan; title: Hunting in Eastern and Central Africa in the late nineteenth century, with special reference to Zimbabwe / John M. MacKenzie; title: Pugilism and pathology / Terence Ranger; title: Africa's triple heritage of play / Ali A. Mazrui; title: An exceptional case / Robert Archer; title: Sport as an instrument of political expansion / Baruch A. Hanzan; title: Political games / William J. Baker.