Africa and the Olympics: Race, Gender, and Power on the Road to Tokyo

Africa and the Olympics: Race, Gender, and Power on the Road to Tokyo, An ASA Member Exclusive Event Presentations By: Simon Adetona Akindes (University of Wisconsin-Parkside) Según Odegbami (Odegbami International College and Sports Academy, Ogun State, Nigeria) Michelle Sikes (Pennsylvania State University) Nobubele Phuza (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) Peter Alegi (Michigan State University) Chair: Martha Saavedra (University of California, Berkeley) Full Description: On the eve of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the African Studies Association and Sports Africa Network present an online roundtable featuring African Studies scholars with expertise in sport. The presentations & discussion includes athletics and activism bridging the U.S. and Africa; the Olympic boycott against South Africa and Rhodesia; biographies of the first Kenyan female runners at the Olympics; and the struggle over gender identity and its impact on African athletes. Originally held on July 22, 2021 co-sponsored by Sports Africa