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Sport as International Aid: Assisting Development or Promoting Under-Development in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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The use of sports as an instrument of development in Africa has gained considerable popularity in the last ten years. Ex-child soldiers in Liberia, children in the slums of Nairobi, marginalized girls in deeply Islamic societies and disabled victims of polio are segments of African society where sport-in-development initiatives have been used in an attempt to empower marginalized groups and enhance general quality of life. Sports and development NGOs have come into vogue, much in the same way that the number of civic NGOs rapidly expanded in the 1990s with the push for ‘multipartism’ on the African continent.2

The authors wish to thank Denise Haba, ldrissa’ saboteur’ Traore and Judy McPherson for their useful insights that contributed to this chapter.

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  1. University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium

    Gerard Akindes

  2. Ohio University, USA

    Gerard Akindes

  3. Political science department, Michigan State University, USA

    Matthew Kirwin (doctoral student)

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  1. Football Industry Group, University of Liverpool Management School, UK

    Roger Levermore (Lecturer in International Development and research manager) (Lecturer in International Development and research manager)

  2. University College Plymouth, St. Mark & St. John, UK

    Aaron Beacom (Senior Lecturer (sport policy) and Programme Leader) (Senior Lecturer (sport policy) and Programme Leader)

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Akindes, G., Kirwin, M. (2009). Sport as International Aid: Assisting Development or Promoting Under-Development in Sub-Saharan Africa?. In: Levermore, R., Beacom, A. (eds) Sport and International Development. Global Culture and Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230584402_10

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