Required Readings (on Talis)

Emmanuel Akyeampong, Charles Ambler. Leisure in African History: An Introduction The International Journal of African Historical Studies

Laura Fair. Kickin' It: Leisure, Politics and Football in Colonial Zanzibar, 1900s-1950s in Africa. Journal of the International African Institute

Paul Darby. 'Let us rally around the flag': Football, Nation-building, and Pan-africanism in Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana The Journal of African History

Further Readings (on Talis)

Seminar Questions

1. Examine the role of sports and leisure in crafting distinct urban identities in colonial Africa?

2. 'Sports and other forms of leisure in colonial Africa were used as a form of social control.’ Discuss