Publisher: NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
Azumah ‘Ring Professor’ Nelson in the Social History of Ghanaian Boxing
Boxing is no cakewalk! Azumah ‘Ring Professor’ Nelson in the Social History of Ghanaian Boxing
explores the social history of boxing in Ghana and its interesting
nexus with the biography of Azumah Nelson, unquestionably Ghana’s most
celebrated boxer. The book posits that sports constitute more than mere
games that people play. They are endowed with enormous political,
cultural, economic and social power that can influence people’s lives in
various ways.
Boxing is no cakewalk! interrogates the
social meaning and impact of boxing within the colonial and postcolonial
milieux of popular culture in Ghana. Consequently, it reconsiders the
prevailing conception of boxing as adversative to ‘enlightened’ human
culture by arguing that it is a positive formulator of individual and
national identities. The historicising of sports and the lives of
sportspersons in Ghana provides an eloquent backdrop for an
understanding of the past social dynamics and their effect in the
present.
The book’s analytical narrative offers an intellectual
contribution to the promising areas of social and cultural history in
Ghana’s historiography and the scholarly discourse on identity formation
and social empowerment through the popular culture of sports.
Price range: £46.00 through £49.00
About the author
Professor Botchway is an Associate Professor of History (Africa and the
African Diaspora) at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His interest
is in Black Religious and Cultural Nationalism(s), West Africa, Africans
in Dispersion, African Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Sports (Boxing) in
Ghana, Children in Popular Culture, World Civilisations, and
Regionalism and Integration in Africa.
Review
“Boxing is no cakewalk! Azumah ‘Ring Professor’ Nelson in the Social History of Ghanaian Boxing is
a rich resource for knowing and understanding the social history not
just of boxing in Ghana, but of boxing generally. I commend Professor
Botchway for writing it.”
Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development & Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
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