1st Edition

Rugby, Resistance and Politics How Dan Qeqe Helped Shape the History of Port Elizabeth

By Buntu Siwisa Copyright 2024
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

Buntu Swisa has written a vivid biography of Dan Qeqe, the legendary sportsman, powerbroker and pioneer of black rugby and the liberation of sport. His book examines the complex and questionable relationships that Qeqe had with the enemies of non-racial sport, which cemented his power base. Siwisa tells the story of Qeqe’s life and times and at the same time has written a social and... Read more

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE (1820–1971)

Chapter 1: The History of Black Rugby (1820–1955): The Age of Innocence

Chapter 2: The History of Black Rugby (1956–1971): The Age of Politics

PART TWO (1929–1971)

Chapter 3: Qeqe Begins (1929–1950s): The Roots

Chapter 4: Qeqe in Port Elizabeth (1950s–1971)

PART THREE (1971–2005)

Chapter 5: The Accidental Birth of the KwaZakhele Rugby Union (1950s–1971)

Chapter 6: ‘Up Kwaru!’

Chapter 7: Building eDan Qeqe

Chapter 8: The First Implosion (1977)

Chapter 9: … and the Second Implosion (1982)

Chapter 10: Qeqe and Port Elizabeth in the 1970s

Chapter 11: Qeqe and Port Elizabeth in the 1980s

Chapter 12: Qeqe Rests: The Legacy

Notes

Index

Biography

Buntu Siwisa obtained his D.Phil in Politics and International Relations from the University of Oxford. He was a Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg. The book is a product of JIAS’s ‘African Biographies Project’.