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Kickin' it: leisure, politics and football in colonial Zanzibar, 1900s–1950s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Laura Fair
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Résumé

Comme C. L. R. James a démontré dans Beyond a Boundary, les sports d'équipes organisés ont incarné les efforts coloniaux pour inculquer la hiérarchie, la stabilité et la discipline dans les esprits des colonisés. Ces valeurs n'ont pas cependant été intériorisées passivement. Vue comme microcosme de l'experience coloniale, cet étude du football au Zanzibar illustre les limites de l'abilité des européens pour façonner les expériences sociales des africains. Le sport au Zanzibar, comme ailleurs dans l'empire, a souvent été empreint de conflits sous-jacents et a parfois été ouvertement politique. Cependant le football a représenté beaucoup plus qu'un champ de bataille politique pour les joueurs et les spectateurs. Pour les homines au Zanzibar colonial jouer et regarder le football avait été souvent une expérience sociale importante. Cet article explore la diversité des significations attribuées au football entre 1900 et 1950.

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Colonial Zanzibar
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Africa , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 224 - 251
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Copyright © International African Institute 1997

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