Sport and Racial Discrimination in Colonial Zimbabwe: A Reanalysis

@article{Novak2012SportAR,
  title={Sport and Racial Discrimination in Colonial Zimbabwe: A Reanalysis},
  author={Andrew Novak},
  journal={The International Journal of the History of Sport},
  year={2012},
  volume={29},
  pages={850 - 867}
}
  • Andrew Novak
  • Published 1 April 2012
  • History
  • The International Journal of the History of Sport
The British colony of Southern Rhodesia, later governed by a white settler minority as unilaterally-independent Rhodesia, practiced racial segregation in many spheres, including education, health care access and political participation. Though racial segregation tended to exist on a less formal level than in Rhodesia's neighbour, apartheid South Africa, segregationist policies were nonetheless invasive and virtually complete in some areas. Sport was a heavily contested sphere, in which pockets… 
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