Scottish Football and Colonial Zimbabwe
Sport, the Scottish Diaspora, and ‘White Africa’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12899474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew L Mcdowell (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-99 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Scottish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-538X • E-ISSN: 1755-1749 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/jshs.2017.0203 |
| OpenAlex | W2605615960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
In 1969 and 1970 respectively, Clyde and Kilmarnock Football Clubs embarked on highly controversial tours of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), then in conflict with the UK over its failure to enact a timetable for majority, non-white rule, and its 1965 unilateral declaration of independence to protect such a system. Despite defying the wishes of the UK Government, these tours were covered very little in Scottish newspapers, and there was little sustained public outcry. This article examines the uneven Scottish and Westminster reactions to the tours (in particular, Kilmarnock's) in the context of broader policies and movements against Rhodesian and South African sport. It also examines Rhodesian press accounts of the trips, which stressed communion with elements of the Scottish diaspora within Rhodesian civic society. It addresses the tours' place within the broader context of work, race and migration during the period 1965–80, when the Rhodesian Front government and its white settler supporters were under continual siege from a multi-pronged nationalist resistance. Critically, this article asks whether or not Scotland and indeed Scottish sport can be extricated from the horrors of decolonisation, in a region where both had deep historic roots
Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Decolonization · Diaspora · Football · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Studies · History · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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Sport and Racial Discrimination in Colonial Zimbabwe
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The Sports Boycott and Cricket
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Confronting White Labourism
David Livingstone – Prophet or Patron Saint of Imperialism in Africa
Ethnicity and Nationalism in Urban Colonial Zimbabwe
Rhodesian Censorship
The Campaign against Sport in South Africa
South African Football Tours at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Victims of the Rhodesian Immigration Policy
The Hole in Rhodesia's Bucket
The Imperial Working Class Makes Itself 'White
Mining for Goals
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |