Sport in Africa - Conference in London, UK
ICSSPE
11/05/2011 10:30
The United Kingdom Libraries and Archives Group on Africa (SCOLMA) will hold their annual conference at the National Archives, Kew, London, UK, on 29 June, 2011.
The conference´ topic is Sport in Africa: History, Politics and the Archive.
Themes discussed at the event will include:
- Reconciliation, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction: the role of sport in post war Liberia;
- Colonial and post-colonial sport and the Olympic movement in English-speaking Africa after the Second World War (1945-1965): review, reflection and perspectives;
- The politics of match reports, minutes and archives in national neighbourhood football championships in Senegal;
- Cricket and War in early Rhodesia.
Registration is due by 11 June, 2011. Please contact Lucy McCann at lucy.mccannbodleian.ox.ac.uk
For more information on SCOLMA, please click here