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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 and tribute to Lee Evans Dr. Martha Saavedra, University of California, Berkeley Prof. Simon A. Akindes, University of Wisconsin- Parkside |
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| Opening Session 1: 15h45 – 17h00 |
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| Panel 1: The Making of the Springboks | |
| Panel Chair: Louzanne Coetzee, University of the Free State | |
| 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 – 18h20 | |
| Remarks | |
| Prof. Sibongile Muthwa, Vice-Chancellor, Nelson Mandela University | |
| Prof. Pamela Maseko, Dean of Humanities, Nelson Mandela University | |
| Keynote Address | |
| Prof Ashwin Desai Professor Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg |
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| Session 2: 18h30 – 20h00 | |
| Panel 2: Women, Sports, and the Environment | |
| Panel Chair: Prof. Cheryl Walters, Nelson Mandela University | |
| 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 in Malabar, 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: 20h00 – 21h00 | |
| Research in Past, Research on African Sports: Past, Present and Future | |
| Prof. 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 : 21h00 – 21h30 | |
Keynote Address 16h30 – 17h00
Day Two – June 25, 2021 |
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| Introductions and Announcements 14h00 – 14h15 | |
| Dr. Hikabwa Chipande, African Union Sport Council Jeff Kallet, Ohio University Press |
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| Keynote Adress: 14h15 – 14h45 | |
| Géraldine Robert, Former Gabonese professional basketball player, president of “Yemaly”, an organization for basketball promotion in Gabon | |
| Session 3: 14h45 – 16h15 | |
| Panel 3: Bodies, Exercise and Society | |
| Panel Chair: Sam Masingi, University of the Free State | |
| 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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| Adiele Dube, University of Zululand Exercise-Heat Stress, Hyperthermia, Dehydration and Fatigue Effects on Cognitive Performance among Semi-Professional Male Athletes |
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| Keynote Adress: 16h30 – 17h00 | |
| Aziz Daouda, Directeur Technique et du Développement de la Confédération Africaine d’Athlétisme (CAA) | |
| Session 4: 17h15 – 18h45 | |
| Panel 4: Politics, Memory and Ruptures: PART I | |
| Panel Chair : Papa Owusu-Kwarteng, Ohio University | |
| Lyndon J. Bouah, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sport and Development, University of the Western Cape Christo De Coning, University of the Western Cape 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 | |
| Panel Chair: Dr Noluntu Stella Dyubhele, Nelson Mandela University | |
| 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 Dubinsky, Oregon State University Israel-South Africa sportive ties in the Apartheid era |
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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 and Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University 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 | |
| Panel Chair : Prof. Simon A. Akindes, Univerity of Wisconsin – Parkside | |
| 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 Faso) 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 | |
| Advocate Daryl Newton, Director, Legal Services, Nelson Mandela University | |
| Session 7: 14h45 – 16h15 | |
| Panel 7: Transformations, Digitization and the Economy | |
| Panel Chair: Dr. Derek Catsam, University of Texas-Permian Basin | |
| 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 8: 16h30 – 18h00 | |
| Panel 8: Inclusiveness and Decolonised Spaces | |
| Panel Chair: Sombwa K. Musunsa, Play it Forward Zambia | |
| Jannick Schlewing and Francois Clophas, 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 9: 18h15 – 19h45 | |
| Panel 9: Racialism and the Construction of Athlete Bodies | |
| Panel Chair: Prof. David Bogopa, Nelson Mandela University | |
| 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 Louisville The Place of a Pool: St. Cyprian’s Swimming Pool in Memories of Sophiatown” |
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| Amy Apollis, Henk Conradie and Francois Cleophas 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 10: 20h15 – 21h45 | |
| Panel 10: Public Policy in Action | |
| Panel Chair: Dr. Benedine Azanu, Ghana Institute of Journalism | |
| Paul Hendricks, 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 | |
