1st Edition

Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa Theory and Practice

Edited By Yamikani Ndasauka, Simon Mathias Makwinja Copyright 2024
204 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is the first book to focus on the problem of performance- enhancing substances and methods – also known as doping – in sports from African perspectives. Placing traditional African thinking and indigenous knowledge systems at the centre of the analysis, this book shines new light on the distinctive characteristics of African sporting cultures, doping practices, the management of anti-... Read more

1 Introduction to Doping and Sports in Africa

YAMIKANI NDASAUKA AND SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA

PART I

African Thought and Doping

2 Umunthu Ethics as a Framework for Anti- Doping Education

SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA AND YAMIKANI NDASAUKA

3 The African Athlete and Contemporary Francophone

Fiction: Doping in Jean- Marc Rigaux’s Kipjiru 42195

BEATON GALAFA

4 Ubuntu/ Hunhu Ethics as an Anti- Doping Strategy in Sport

BEULLAH MATINHIRA AND TAWANDA MBEWE

5 Doping and the African Value System of Ubuntu

TAWANDA MBEWE

6 African Indigenous Sports Remedies and Doping

STELLA PATIENCE MIKWANA, AGATHA MAGOMBO, MANUEL KASULU, AND YAMIKANI NDASAUKA

7 Socio- Economic Context and Doping in Africa

JEAN- CHRISTOPHE LAPOUBLE

PART II

African Practice and Doping

8 Framing Anti-Doping Initiatives in Malawian Sports News

MWAONA NYIRONGO

9 Research- Based Educational Approach and Doping Management

CHARLES NYASA, BLESSINGS KAUNDA- KHANGAMWA, AND ENOCK CHISATI

10 “Witchcraft Doping” and Grassroots Sport Development

FRANK GEORGE MGUNGWE

11 “Dopogenic” Environment and Doping in African Sport

BEULLAH MATINHIRA

12 Conceptualising Juju as a Form of Doping in the Malawian Soccerscape

DAVE MANKHOKWE NAMUSANYA

13 African Sociocultural Context and WADA’s Whereabouts Requirements

MANUEL KASULU, STELLA PATIENCE MIKWANA, AGATHA MAGOMBO, AND YAMIKANI NDASAUKA

14 Responsibility Gaps in Anti- Doping Initiatives in Malawi

YAMIKANI NDASAUKA, MAYA KATEKA, FISKANI KONDOWE, SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA, AND AKUZIKE KAFWAMBA

15 Conclusion: What Now of Doping and Sports in Africa?

YAMIKANI NDASAUKA AND SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA

Biography

Yamikani Ndasauka is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. His research interests are philosophy, applied ethics, and mental health. He is also Editor of the Journal of Humanities.

Simon Mathias Makwinja is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. His research falls broadly within African philosophy. His research interests are in the African thought and value systems.