Histories of sport in central and southern Africa: an introduction

Abstract

This introduction sets up the special issue on sport history topics in Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Zambia, and South Africa. This research raises new questions in sports history in the region, explores and extends topics, opens up issues for further exploration, and productively engages with a rich if scattered body of scholarly work. Trends in the field of sport history across the African continent point to a persistent, critically engaged field of study, unpacking the pasts and meanings of sport, ubiquitous in its presence and contested in its meanings