Fighting in the Shadow of an Apartheid State
Boxing and Colonialism in Zimbabwe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9744214 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abraham Seda (0000-0002-5598-3097, University of Minnesota System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kronos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0259-0190 • E-ISSN: 2309-9585 |
| Publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.17159/2309-9585/2022/v48a3 |
| OpenAlex | W4295066496 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0259-01902022000100004 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Boxing was arguably the most popular and controversial sport in colonial Zimbabwe. To tame the sport's violence, which was considered too extreme, colonial officials in Zimbabwe sought guidance and advice from South Africa from the mid-1930s on how best to regulate the sport. South Africa occupied a unique position in this regard, not only because of the relationship it had with colonial Zimbabwe as a neighbouring white settler colony, but also because of how sections of its white settler community responded to the triumphs of Black boxers over white opponents around the world. The colony of South Africa played a significant role in shaping the control of boxing in colonial Zimbabwe. The relationship between the two colonies culminated in the passage of the Boxing and Wrestling Control Act of 1956 in colonial Zimbabwe, an identical version to a similarly named law that South Africa had passed just two years prior
Colonialism · Ethnology · Political science · Shadow (psychology) · Sociology · State (computer science) · White (mutation) · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |