Abstract: | Innovative study of the role of sports in modernity in Africa. Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Transliteration, Titles, Currency, and the Ethiopian Calendar -- Introduction -- 1 - The Emergence of Ethiopia's Modern Sports Scene (1900-1935) -- Urbanization, Labour, and Leisure -- The Establishment of Physical Education in Modern Schools -- Climbing, Running, and Fighting -- 2 - Sports and Propaganda during the Fascist Occupation (1935-1941) -- Sports and 'New Man' Fantasies -- Sports News and the Emerging Fascist Press in Ethiopia -- Sports' Civilizing Mission -- Of Cycling Races, Football Matches, and Athletics -- Cycling and the Production of Heroes -- Football's Moral Value -- Working Out the Nobility -- Standardization and the Production of Segregated Sportscapes -- 3 - Urban Leisure, Institutionalized PE, and the Re-establishment of Boy Scouting (1940s-1960s) -- Reconfiguring Urban Sportscapes -- Of Open Fields and Swimming Pools -- Clubbing and Sporting -- Anchoring Athletics in Education -- The Department of Physical Education and Boy Scouting -- The Training of PE Teachers -- Ambitious Plans Meet Local Realities -- The Ethiopian Inter-School Athletic Association -- The Boy Scout Association of Ethiopia -- Re-establishment within an International Framework -- 'Be Prepared!' Through Physical Fitness -- Walking the Nation -- 4 - Training Leaders and Athletes:The Ethiopian YMCA (1940s-1970s) -- The 'Y' Comes to Ethiopia -- (Pro)motors of YMCA Sports -- Michel Wassef and the Egyptian Knowledge Transfer -- Sports Development under a Non-Athletic Fraternal Secretary -- Marvin J. Ludwig and the Hey-Days of YMCA Sports -- Desta Girma: Sports under the Ethiopian Secretarial Leadership -- Leadership in Transition -- The Ethiopian YMCAs as Athletic Hot Spot -- Sports Programmes and Facilities -- Access to YMCA Sports. |
