‘They Are Fine Specimens of the Illustrious Indian Settler’: Sporting Contact between India and South Africa, 1914–1955.

Sporting contacts between the India and diasporic Indian community in South Africa were part of a broader range of links between the two countries. In this article, we consider association football tours between both countries from 1914 to 1955 against the backdrop of increased racism and segregatio...

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Publicado en:Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 1273 - 1292
Autores principales: Bolsmann, Chris, Vahed, Goolam
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2017
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