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Special revue dedicated to the impact  which the organisation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will have on South Africa and on the continent of Africa. 

This book describes the development of a differentiated network of disability care in a developing rural area consisting of a number of townships in South Africa. The network includes residential…

This study provides an updated collation of self-report sitting time globally. The daily sitting time findings should be interpreted cautiously. Sitting time data were collected in 62 of 215 countries,…

This thesis researches sensemaking of the notion of safe spaces in Sport for Development (SfD) programs in Kenya. Two organizations that offer SfD programs, TYSA and Amani Kibera, were used…

In this thesis the author wants to give an answer to the question ‘What’s the role of ‘the West’ on Kenyan athletics?’. In order to accomplish this, the author conducts…

Sport en met name voetbal heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de geschiedenis van het Midden Oosten en Noord-Afrika vanaf de late 19e eeuw. De brede onderzoeksvraag luidt derhalve wat…

Processes of migration in a globalising world can be understood through football. The migration of minor sub-Saharan African footballers contains features of irregular migration, human trafficking and exploitation. Policy responses…

‘Unlikely heroes’ is a book about the power and dynamism of sport in Africa. Journalist Marc Broere and photographer/documentary filmmaker Pieter van der Houwen visited top African sportsmen and women…

Dit boek belicht de achtergronden van Afrikaanse voetballers: de verwachtingen van het voetbalpubliek, het belang dat men in Afrika hecht aan flair en entertainment, de sociale positie van profvoetballers en…

Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. A fall results from an interaction of intrinsic and extrinsic factors as well as situational factors and commonly…