A biography of Darius Dhlomo

Transnational footballer in the era of apartheid

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12675329
AutoresPeter Alegi (Michigan State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen11
Número1-2
Páginas46-62
Fecha de publicación2009-12-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSoccer and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1466-0970 • E-ISSN: 1743-9590
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14660970903331326
OpenAlexW2017938716
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

This biographical study of Darius Dhlomo begins to uncover the sporting past of a transnational and iconoclastic South African footballer. Based on the author’s interviews with Dhlomo, archival documents, articles from the black press, and a wide range of secondary sources, this essay deepens our understanding of broader processes of change in South African football between the 1940s and the 1960s. In striking, even surprising, ways Dhlomo’s career brings to life key aspects of South African football’s transformation from a local racially segregated amateur game to an increasingly mixed semi‐professional sport linked to trends such as international tours and labour migration. This work contributes to the ongoing democratization of South Africa’s historical record and highlights South Africans’ active role in the cultural and economic globalization of the world’s game

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