Michael Gennaro

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Michael GennaroMichael Gennaro graduated from York University in Toronto, Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History, as well as a Master of Arts in History with a concentration in the British Empire in Africa. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2016. His research interests include sport and leisure in West Africa. More specifically, his work examines how boxing informed and transformed masculinity and conceptions of empire during the late colonialism period in Nigeria.

“‘I Was Really Disgusted at Seeing Healthy Young Boys Playing Ping Pong…’:  Ping Pong and Masculinity in Post-WWII Nigeria 

 This presentation will look at the history of ping pong in the colony with a focus on Lagos, the ethos of sport in Nigeria after WWII, and how youth in the city used ping pong as an alternative to “muscular citizenship” espoused by white colonial officials, British companies, and Nigerian elders and elites.

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