Sports and ethnicism: Instruments of labour control at the Messina Copper Mines, 1920-1960

Authors

  • FELIX MALUNGA

Keywords:

African Fist Fighting, Messina copper mines, Musango, Athletics, Apartheid politics, Recreational activities, Gender discrimination, History, Recreation, Segregation sports policies, Soccer, Skittles, Sport, Tennis

Abstract

The article attempts to investigate the type of recreational and competitive sports which were introduced by the Messina mine management, who were British by origin, to the African communities of Messina, Harper, Campbell and Artonvilla compounds. Attention is focused on how the working class in the process of their sports activities displayed signs of conflict and division due to ethnic and regional affiliations especially in competitive sports.

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Published

2021-06-16

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 2 (2000): Historia

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Sports and ethnicism: Instruments of labour control at the Messina Copper Mines, 1920-1960. (2021). Historia, 45(2). https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/historia/article/view/1792