Reclaiming school athletics in Cape Town’s underclass, 1933–1955

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dc.contributor.authorCleophas, Francois Johannesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-20T06:48:40Z
dc.date.available2022-06-20T06:48:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-01
dc.descriptionCITATION: Cleophas, F. J. 2022. Reclaiming school athletics in Cape Town's underclass, 1933-1955. Historia, 67(1):62-88. doi:10.17159/2309-8392/2022/v67n1a3
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/historia
dc.description.abstractThis article endeavours to make a significant contribution to the broadening of local school athletics history in Cape Town. By focusing on certain historical documents, the article explores the state and scope of athletics in black schools in Cape Town prior to 1956, a largely under-researched field in South African sport history. It does so by identifying prominent administrators, outstanding athletes, and participating schools. Many of these histories have disappeared or have been erased from public consciousness. The article shows how organised school athletics in Cape Town’s oppressed communities have been shaped by a myriad of teachers, politicians, and sport administrators of varying political and social backgrounds. It also provides details of the Trafalgar High School’s Wiener’s Day competitions. Next, a history of the Central School Sports Union and its offshoots is unpacked. Finally, the early years of the Western Province School Sports Board are overviewed. The article concludes by suggesting why it is important to reclaim this particular history.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/historia/article/view/4089
dc.description.versionPublishers version
dc.format.extent27 pages
dc.identifier.citationCleophas, F. J. 2022. Reclaiming school athletics in Cape Town's underclass, 1933-1955. Historia, 67(1):62-88. doi:10.17159/2309-8392/2022/v67n1a3
dc.identifier.issn2309-8392 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0018-229X (print)
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1492-3792
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/2309-8392/2022/v67n1a3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125381
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherHistorical Association of South Africa
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectAthleticsen_ZA
dc.subjectCape Townen_ZA
dc.subjectLocal school historiesen_ZA
dc.subjectWestern Province School Sports Boarden_ZA
dc.titleReclaiming school athletics in Cape Town’s underclass, 1933–1955en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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