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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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Estudos Africanos |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cea/2098 |