Introduction: women's sport and gender in sub-Saharan Africa

Sikes, Michelle M.; Bale, John

doi:10.1080/17430437.2013.815518

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“…This shows that men have always been on a more advantageous side of running in South Africa than women; hence, the low number of women as compared to black men in athletics. Sikes and Bale (2014) also observed that sports organisations in South Africa treated women as add-ons, which resulted in most female sports heroes being marginalised.…”

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Transcending invisible lanes through inclusion of athletics memories in archival systems in South Africa

Matshotshwane

Ngoepe²

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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In countries like South Africa, sports have the power to transcend invisible lanes of politics and race and thus inspire citizens to come together. Sport, including athletics, has been demonstrated as an instrument of solidarity of fragmented cultures. However, while sport is of such significance, it is still minimally represented in public archival holdings in South Africa. Despite the mandate to transform the archival system, evidence suggests that much of the memories of sports heroes, especially that of athletes, have not been recorded. This qualitative study utilised oral history as a research method to explore the feasibility of building inclusive archives through the collection of sports memories. Athlete participants were identified through snowball sampling and data were collected using both oral testimony interviews from athletes with first-hand information and oral tradition augmented through document analysis. The results of the study indicated that there are stories and memories of many great South African distance runners that must be told and included in the archive repositories. Sadly, these stories have not been recorded in written words, as there is a tendency to perpetuate elitism by documenting mostly oral history of prominent members of society with political power. The study revealed that most of athletes’ memories from their running careers include certificates, trophies, medals, Springbok jerseys, newspaper clippings and pictures in their possession. It is concluded that until these sports archives and objects are considered as an important and unique element of South African history, they will forever be lost.Contribution: This study makes a contribution to the ongoing discourse of building inclusive archives in South Africa through the collection of athletics memories. The study is linked to the scope of the journal through propagating the inclusion of marginalised voices of athletics sports memories in mainstream archives.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Transcending invisible lanes through inclusion of athletics memories in archival systems in South Africa

Matshotshwane

Ngoepe²

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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“…As a microcosm of wider society, scholars have demonstrated how women's sport in Africa is affected by and a reaction to national and local political contexts, while concurrently highlighting important characteristics of society (Sikes and Bale 2014). Sport carries many gendered connotations and is considered a bastion of male hegemony.…”

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The effects of sport participation on gender relations: Case studies of female footballers in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa

Ogunniyi

2015

South African Review of Sociology

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South Africa has progressive political policies concerning women with a high percentage of women in political positions, while simultaneously having some of the worst indicators of gender relations internationally, including high rates of rape and domestic violence. This article examines how participation in football can challenge hegemonic masculinity in South African society and sport through comprehensive case studies of women's football in the townships of Johannesburg and Cape Town. Internationally, sport has demonstrated a positive effect on improving gender relations. This includes opportunities for women to gain selfesteem and confidence, have constructive interactions with men, and challenge unequal gender norms. However, sport can contribute to the ostracisation of women and further entrench male hegemony. A mixed methods approach was used to collect case studies of 21 female footballers involving 81 interviews of players, household members, coaches, and administrators in addition to 33 focus groups with players and peers. Gender relations are discussed on three levels: macro -26 OgunniyiThe effects of sport participation access to national positions of authority and financial resources; meso -access to community facilities and school opportunities as well as changed perceptions and team acceptance of alternative sexualities; and micro -effects on interpersonal relationships, individual educational opportunities, and division of household labour.Past research provides an overview of these three levels relating to hegemonic masculinity within the general South African society and how sport can address these issues. More longitudinal research is needed to determine whether these changes are significant enough to make long-term differences and have an effect on gender relations in the larger South African society.

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“…However, Katrin Bromber's publication (Bromber, 2018) on the place of Scouting in the formation of an Ethiopian "new man" and, more generally, scholarly works on socialist youth movements in Africa (Burgess, 2005;Ahlman, 2017;Nicolas, 2017) offers new lines of inquiry in terms of the training of young people by the state. Thirdly, the sub-field of "Scouting Studies, " in line with Sub-Saharan Sport Studies, remains largely andro-centered (Sikes and Bale, 2014), in spite of some recent works on colonial Girl Guiding (Krais, 2019;Wu, 2019). Following this innovative avenue of research, understanding Scouting more widely through the prism of the Girl Guides' moral salvation program helps throw light on the ways in which the Ivorian Scout movements developed as training institutions dedicated to an ideal younger generation.…”

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Youth, Young People and Sport From the 19th Century to Modern Day

2022

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Introduction: women's sport and gender in sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 8 publications

References 35 publications

Transcending invisible lanes through inclusion of athletics memories in archival systems in South Africa

Transcending invisible lanes through inclusion of athletics memories in archival systems in South Africa

The effects of sport participation on gender relations: Case studies of female footballers in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa

Youth, Young People and Sport From the 19th Century to Modern Day

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