Vol. 1 No. 1, February 2022

Impact of Triple Religion on Sport Development and Ethnic Integration in Postcolonial African Societies

Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson, PhD

Abstract

Outsiders’ influence on Africa is massive economically, culturally, socially and religiously, with disruptions retarding various forms of development, largely emanating from colonialism. The purpose of this keynote address is to unravel briefly the disruptions of colonial impact on indigenous sporting activities and extensively explain how triple religion—indigenous, Islam, and Christianity—impacted sporting activities in post-colonial African societies. Essentially, the emphasis is on (a) the nexus between triple religion and sports evident in colonial disruption of rituals and customary practices leading to new ways of understanding during postcolonial times; (b) political and social development across stadia spaces, including evident of political agitation and compromise, and in promotion of unity and economic development; (c) observations of triple religion in action evident in religious actions implicated in sport practices and competitions.

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