Sports and Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia:, Bromber^+

Sports & Modernity in Late Imperial EthiopiaAuthor(s): Katrin Bromber\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: James Currey, United Kingdom\nImprint: James Currey\nISBN-13: 9781847012920, 978-1847012920\nSynopsis\nInnovative study of the role of sports in modernity in Africa.\n\nSports in Ethiopia was always more than a means of useful recreation. It was also a way to enjoy and define fun, as new modes of behaviour emerged that showed what it meant to be a modern man or woman. This book is the first academic study of the history of modern sports in Ethiopia during the imperial rule of the twentieth century. Showing how agents, ideas and practices linked societal improvement and bodily improvement, this innovative study argues thatmodern sports offers new possibilities to explore the meanings of modernity in Africa.\n Drawing on written and oral sources in Amharic, Tigrinya, English, French, German and Italian, Bromber provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sports in modern educationalP