En 1904, Jan Mashiani et Len Tau se sont apparemment retrouvés aux États-Unis dans le cadre d'une exposition universelle présentant des ‘sauvages’.
- Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
Jan Mashiani and Len Tau apparently found themselves in the US in 1904 as part of a world’s fair displaying ‘savages’.
Eugen Sandow’s visit to South Africa in 1904 was a triumph of colonial display and racism. Despite its prejudices it influenced the development of bodybuilding in South Africa.
South Africa is one of four African countries participating in the tournament, which begins on 28 July.
Fifty years ago the council was created to fight for marginalised communities to participate fairly in sports. Their dream remains unfulfilled.
A new book explores physical culture in a social and historical context, focusing on colonial settings.
An exploration of Pillay’s life dispels the notion of weightlifters and body builders as lacking political agency. His legacy created opportunities for other sports people.
The springbok emblem was introduced under white rule in South Africa and by retaining it, it remains a burden for many South Africans who followed the Rugby World Cup.
South Africa needs a new progressive sports movement that works for equality and peace based on mass participation and social justice.
The Greek body - white, muscular, masculine and middle class - dominated as an ideal type. This dominance continues today.
Making sport accessible to ordinary people can be achieved if communities take control of their organisations.
Race still plays a big part in South African society. Sport is no exception.
The colonial and apartheid education project still echoes in South Africa’s post-1994 school system.
Writing and rewriting black sporting history is a means of redressing exclusion.
Sport participation in South Africa remains rooted in the dilemmas of colonial society. It necessitates an ongoing need for discourse, debate and dialogue on decolonisation in sport history.
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