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Rugby, Resistance and Politics How Dan Qeqe Helped Shape the History of Port Elizabeth
Buntu Swisa has written a vivid biography of Dan Qeqe, the legendary sportsman, powerbroker and pioneer of black rugby and the liberation of sport. His book examines the complex and questionable relationships that Qeqe had with the enemies of non-racial sport, which cemented his power base. Siwisa tells the story of Qeqe’s life and times and at the same time has written a social and political biography of Port Elizabeth—a people’s history of Port Elizabeth. As much as Qeqe was a local legend, his achievements had national repercussions and, indeed, continue to this day.
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Abbreviations and acronyms
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE (1820–1971)
Chapter 1: The History of Black Rugby (1820–1955): The Age of Innocence
Chapter 2: The History of Black Rugby (1956–1971): The Age of Politics
PART TWO (1929–1971)
Chapter 3: Qeqe Begins (1929–1950s): The Roots
Chapter 4: Qeqe in Port Elizabeth (1950s–1971)
PART THREE (1971–2005)
Chapter 5: The Accidental Birth of the KwaZakhele Rugby Union (1950s–1971)
Chapter 6: ‘Up Kwaru!’
Chapter 7: Building eDan Qeqe
Chapter 8: The First Implosion (1977)
Chapter 9: … and the Second Implosion (1982)
Chapter 10: Qeqe and Port Elizabeth in the 1970s
Chapter 11: Qeqe and Port Elizabeth in the 1980s
Chapter 12: Qeqe Rests: The Legacy
Notes
Index
Biography
Buntu Siwisa obtained his D.Phil in Politics and International Relations from the University of Oxford. He was a Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg. The book is a product of JIAS’s ‘African Biographies Project’.
