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Scene: Olympic Games – Montreal, 1976 - July 21 - 24

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Creator

Raphael Gould; American Committee on Africa

Place Created

Montréal, Canada

Date

Late July 1976

Type of Item

Report

Length/duration

4 pages

Description

This report from the Olympic Games in Montreal discusses the great interest and media coverage about South Africa generated by the withdrawal from the Games by 29 African nations plus Iraq, Sri Lanka, and Guyana. Jean-Claude Ganga, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa, took every opportunity to explain the circumstances leading to the withdrawals. The crisis that arose on the New Zealand Rugby Tour was not a last-minute eruption at the Games but had been a subject of controversy for many months. Even at the eleventh hour, reasonable alternatives were offered by the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa, namely the cessation of the New Zealand Rugby tour, and not the withdrawal...

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Publisher

American Committee on Africa

Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa
Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

Alan Zaslavsky Africa Collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections