The present study offers a novel and comprehensive insight into the characteristics and effects of sport-related, national and transnational protests against apartheid.
It traces the history of racial segregation in sports – particularly concerning athletics, rugby and football - and focuses on the increasing national and international resistance against this system of inequality.
The focus is on the investigation of transnational protests using the example of governments, newspapers, sports associations and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany and the former GDR. The role of international orgamisations, in particular the IOC and the United Nations, in the fight against apartheid is also presented.