Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa

Theory and Practice
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-44165-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

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- doping, and new methods for preventing doping in sports that take into account African value systems. This book draws on multidisciplinary work from philosophy, ethics, sociology, history, and political science, and presents real- world case studies of doping and anti- doping from across the African continent. It explores key themes and sites in African sport, culture, and society, including African art, traditional medicine, attitudes towards doping in Africa, sport policy, education systems, media and communications, and the problem of privacy in African sports. This book also considers the uniquely African challenges in anti- doping against the background of the World Anti- Doping Agency policy and practice, and wider international anti-doping efforts.

This book is a fascinating reading for students and researchers with an interest in sport studies, African studies, crime and deviance or public policy, and for sports administrators, sports policymakers, or practitioners working in international, national, or regional sports organisations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ndasauka, Yamikani

Makwinja, Simon Mathias

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 42… 195

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.