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Day One – June 24, 2021 |
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| Welcome 15h30 – 15h45 | |
| Introductions and Welcome 15h30 – 15h45 | |
| Introductions and Announcements | |
| Welcome by Sports Africa Network Dr. Martha Saavedra |
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| Opening Session 1: 15h45 – 17h00 |
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| Panel 1: The Making of the Springboks | |
| Mark S Fredericks, Walter Sisulu University Images That Lie: The Springbok Image In Mainstream Media |
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| Parwine Patel, Université de la Réunion Rainbow World Champions? Questioning the impact of the Springboks’ victory at Rugby World Cup 2019 on the South African Society |
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| Derek Catsam, The University of Texas Permian Basin On Chester, Habana, and Siya (and Luyt and Cronje and Eben): Thinking Historically About 25 Years of Springbok Rugby Since 1995 |
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| Opening and Keynote: 17h15 – 18h:20 | |
| Prof S. Muthwa, Vice-Chancellor, Nelson Mandela University | |
| Keynote Address | |
| Prof Ashwin Desai, Professor Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg |
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Session 2: 18h30 – 20h00 |
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| Panel 2: Women, Sports and, Environment | |
| Mathew Ayodele, University of Ibadan Women and Sports in Post-Colonial Nigeria, 1950-2000 |
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| Nobubele Phuza, Nelson Mandela University A proposal for a (new) paradox of competitive netball |
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| Shaabiera Saita and David Bogopa, Nelson Mandela University An Enquiry on Gender, Religion and Sport: The Case of Muslim Women Residing Inmalabar, Port Elizabeth |
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| Bose Maposa, Ohio University Understanding Botswana women’s engagement in physical activity and exercise: Preliminary results of a pilot study |
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| Round Table: 20h45 – 21h45 | |
| Research in African Sports | |
| Peter Alegi, Michigan State University (Moderator) Nobubele Phuza, Nelson Mandela University Iman Nefil, Institut des Sciences du sport-sante de Paris, Universite de Paris Solomon Waliaula, Maasai Mara University |
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| Networking and Braai Social : 22h30 – 23h00 | |
Day Two – June 25, 2021 |
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| Introductions and Announcements 14h00 – 14h15 | |
| Keynote Adress: 14h15 – 14h45 | |
| Francoise Mbango 2-time Olympic gold medalist, Triple Jump | |
| Session 3: 14h45 – 16h15 | |
| Panel 3: Bodies, Exercise and Society | |
| Isaac A Oyewumi, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye Adeolu O. Oyekan, University of Ibadan Movement Competence Ambition Assessment among Human Kinetics Students in South-West Universities, Nigeria. |
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| Athenkosi Kilane, Southern Africa Nazarene University Symbolic relations between athletes and society |
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| Iorwase D. Kaka’an, Aeson Sports Management Company Ltd Talent Search and Development in Nigeria: The Approaches to Football Delivery System by Aeson Football Club of Makurdi |
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| Keynote Address 16h30 – 17h00 | |
| Aziz Daouda Directeur Technique et du Développement de la Confédération Africaine d’Athlétisme | |
| Session 4: 17h15 – 18h45 | |
| Panel 4: Politics, Memory and Ruptures: PART I | |
| Mouhamadou N. Sarr, Département d’histoire Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar-Sénégal Les rois sportifs de l’égypte ancienne |
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| Lyndon J. Bouah, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sport and Development, University of the Western Cape Christo De Coning The Case for Sport in the Western Cape |
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| Lorna J. Kimaiyo, Kenyatta University The transformation of sports in Elgeyo-marakwet county, Kenya, 1895-1963 |
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| Pedro Mzileni, Nelson Mandela University Local soccer clubs as underground trade union movements in Zwelitsha, Eastern Cape: 1970-1990 |
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| Session 5: 19h00 – 20h30 | |
| Panel 5: Politics, Memory and Ruptures: PART II | |
| Lyndon J. Bouah, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sport and Development, University of the Western Cape Chess in the Cold War between South Africa and Russia |
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| Itamar Debunski, Oregon State University Green Eagle Nation: The Politicization of Sports Journalism in the Post-Independence Nigerian Press |
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| Hendrik Snyders, University of Stellenbosch & Free State Coincidental, parallel and common struggles’: South African weightlifting, the international sports boycott and Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid c. 1948 – 1990 |
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| Bradley A. Morris,University of Stellenbosch A historical-political perspective on physical education in South Africa during the period 1990-1999 |
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| Session 6: 20h45 – 22h00 | |
| Panel 6: Sports Governance: Local, National & International | |
| Abdelhamid Ait Bihi, Université Ibn Zohr – Agadir – Maroc La « corporate gouvernance » : quelles implications pour les organisations sportives marocaines ? |
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| Abdoun Nassir, Université de Ngaoundéré De la collaboration entre le Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun (CNOSC) et le Ministère des Sports et de l’Education Physique (MINSEP): entre permanences et ruptures |
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| Mory Sanou, Ministère des Sports et des Loisirs (Burkina Fasso) Sport et développement le rôle modèle de l’école |
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| Networking and Braai Social 22h00 – 22h30 | |
Day Three – June 26, 2021 |
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| Introductions and Announcements 14h00 – 14h10 | |
| Keynote Address: 14h10 – 14h40 | |
| Adv Daryl Newton Director, Legal Services, Nelson Mandela University | |
| Day 3 Panel Presentations | |
| Session 6: 14h45 – 16h15 | |
| Panel 6: Transformations, Digitization and the Economy | |
| Khatija Bahdur, Nelson Mandela University Fan opinions of women’s football, and the factors which shape these opinions. |
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| Thandiwe Blauw, and David Bogopa, Nelson Mandela University An Anthropological Lens on the Impact of Soccer Development on the Economy of the Eastern Cape Province |
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| Lyndon J. Bouah, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sport and Development, University of the Western Cape Marion Keim, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sport and Development, University of the Western Cape Lessons from the digitisation process of the Robben Island Sport Records |
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| Session 7: 16h30 – 18h00 | |
| Panel 7: Inclusiveness and Decolonised Spaces | |
| Francois Clophas, and Jannick Schlewing, Stellenbosch University Creating a decolonised physical culture narrative through a private archive |
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| Keon Richardson, University of Tsukuba Blind Football and Sporting Capital: Managing participation among youth blind football players in Zimbabwe |
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| Elemon Sakala Jr, Victorious LIFE / UoPeople The value and influence of chaplaincy in the holistic development of athletes. |
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| Desire Chiwandire, Nelson Mandela University Students with disabilities’ lack of opportunity for sport and recreational activities: The case of South African universities |
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| Session 8: 18h15 – 19h45 | |
| Panel 8: Racialism and the Construction of Athlete Bodies | |
| Elemon Sakala Jr, and Kristien K. Sakala, Victorious LIFE / UoPeople Racism in professional sports |
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| Mari H. Eng, Norwegian University of Science and Technology The myth of the average woman”: racial practices and the white gaze in elite sports |
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| Tyler Fleming, University of Lousville The Place of a Pool: St. Cyprian’s Swimming Pool in Memories of Sophiatown” |
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| Amy Apollis, University of Stellenbosch The non-racial school sport movement in South Africa during the 1990’s. A literature review case study. |
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| Session 9: 20h15 – 21h45 | |
| Panel 9: Public Policy in Action | |
| Paul Hendrix, South Peninsula High Reflecting on an alternative sports praxis: The Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA) and non-racial school sport in the Western Cape, 1950s – 1990s. |
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| Olufemi Adgbsesan, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Relationship of self-regulatory efficacy on doping likelihood of secondary schools sport athletes in Nigeria. |
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| Gustavo P. Paipe, and Maria J. Carvalho, Universidade Pedagógica de Maputo Public sports policies: A tool for characterization of municipal sports services in Mozambique |
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| Gustavo P. Paipe, and Maria J. Carvalho, Universidade Pedagógica de Maputo Sports policies in Mozambique: Challenges and perspectives for sport development |
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| Closing and Braai Social 21h45 – 22h45 | |
