What We Do?

1. Sports Africa Live

As the 2020 Sports Africa conference is postponed, Sports Africa Network has decided to hold a online discussion sessions to continue engaging with the network of scholars and practitioners with meaningful presentations and discussions about Africa and sports in Africa and globally.

2. Publications

IMPUMELEO, the Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports was launched in 2004 to provide n unique immediate and authentic medium for the promotion of sports in Africa. The journal publications focused primarily on sports from an interdisciplinary perspective,

3. Membership

Sports Africa Network is a non-profit association which fully relies on membership fees to sustain its various activities. We encourage scholars and practitioners with interest in African sport studies and knowledge to join the network and participate in its various activities.

Our Programs

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Time	Content	Speaker	Links
08:30 - 09:00	Welcome Remarks Welcome Remarks Prof. Luke Mumba (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zambia, Zambia):	Prof. Luke Mumba (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zambia	Click for more information
09:00 - 09:45	Keynote ‘Changing the conversation and narrative to alter the course of the SDP voyage’: Critical reflections from a 20 years engagement in SDP Oscar Mwaanga.	Dr. Oscar Mwaanga	Click for more information
10:00 - 11:30	Panel 1 MaShona are Dogs’: Football, the Culture of Violence and Regional Schisms in Post-colonial Zimbabwe Simeon Maravanyika (Great Zimbabwe University,	Hikabwa Chipande Simeon Maravanyika	Click for more information
11:45 - 12:45	Book Launch MaShona are Dogs’: Football, the Culture of Violence and Regional Schisms in Post-colonial Zimbabwe Simeon Maravanyika (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe) Settler Colonialism and White Man’s Sports in Southern Africa:	Dr. Davies Banda Iain Lindsey	Click for more information
11:45 - 12:45	Panel 2 ‘Out of Africa: Olympic Education as the Foundation for Community Sport – The Values Perspective’ Mayamba Joseph Sitali (University of Zambia, Zambia) Africanized or Europeanized Play: Resolving the Emerging Conflict .	Hannah O. Ajayi Katongo B. Moonga Mayamba Sitali Michael A. Ajayi	Click for more information

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