The Stadium and the City: Sports infrastructure in late imperial Ethiopia and beyond

The inauguration of the Haile Selassie I Stadium in Addis Ababa in 1947 marked the beginning of the construction of stadiums in Ethiopia. They became important signifiers of accelerated modernisation after the end of the Italian occupation (1935-1941). Quite similar to developments elsewhere, open f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katrin Bromber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2016-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cea/2098