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.
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
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.
