{"product_id":"tennis-apartheid-and-social-justice-the-first-non-racial-international-tennis-tour-1971-9781869145149","title":"Tennis, Apartheid and Social Justice: The First","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971, the non-racial Southern African Lawn Tennis Union sent six promising young players on a historic tour to play tournaments in Europe. The team was known as the 'Dhiraj' squad, after national champion Jasmat Dhiraj. Apartheid South Africa in the 1970s was a racist and repressive society, based on white supremacy and privilege and black oppression. Black tennis players were denied proper facilities, coaching, opportunities to excel, and the chance to represent their country and play international tournaments. They could not belong to the same clubs as whites or compete in competitions with or against white players. Despite the barriers and constraints, many black sportspersons and sports administrators courageously and determinedly pursued the ideals of non-racialism in sport and in the wider society, often at great personal cost to themselves. Tennis, Apartheid and Social Justice records the political, social and sporting conditions associated with the 1971 tour, the adventures of the talented young black tennis players, the impact of the tour on them and the lessons learned. It documents the collusion of international tennis associations with the racist white-only South African tennis body that prevented a Dhiraj squad member, Hoosen Bobat, the opportunity to play in the Junior Wimbledon championships. The book contends that there has been neither recognition of nor reparations for outstanding apartheid-era black sportspersons and that the apartheid legacy continues to impinge powerfully on tennis today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Professor Paulus Zulu \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1971 Tennis Tour Timeline \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Fifty-Two Years Ago \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Sport and Social Justice \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Reclaiming the Narrative on Tennis History \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 From Colonialism to Apartheid in Sport \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Tennis under Apartheid \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 International Collusion with Apartheid Sport \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 The Historic 1971 Tour \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 UK Tournaments: April to June 1971 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 The Rest of the Tour \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Lighter Moments and Tour Lessons \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 The Dhiraj Squad \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Jasmat (Dhiraj) Soma \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14 Hiralal (Dhiraj) Soma \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 Alwyn Solomon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 Oscar Woodman \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 Hoosen Bobat \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 Cavan Bergman \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of KwaZulu-Natal Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360223756631,"sku":"9781869145149","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781869145149.jpg?v=1754127033","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tennis-apartheid-and-social-justice-the-first-non-racial-international-tennis-tour-1971-9781869145149","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}