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Media Constructions of African Athletes: A Sampling of Olajuwon, Loroupe, Okoye, and Hali

Mwaniki, Munene F.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1220037738

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2008, Master of Science in Sport Studies, Miami University, Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies.
This thesis contains a qualitative discourse analysis of U.S. and western sports media constructions of four African athletes, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tegla Loroupe, Christian Okoye, and Tamba Hali. These athletes were/are among the first and most dominant African athletes to professionally compete in their respective sports on the U.S./western stage. For the length of their respective athletic careers, this project examines the sport media constructions of race, nationalism, gender and sex for each athlete. While utilizing current research to ground the findings, this project focuses on the nuances and complexities in the representations for each athlete in order to gain greater insight into the treatment of African athletes and Africa in general by U.S./western sports media.
Othello Harris, PhD (Advisor)
Valeria Freysinger, PhD (Committee Member)
Mary McDonald, PhD (Committee Member)
Abdoulaye Saine, PhD (Committee Member)
119 p.
African Americans; American Studies; Sociology
Hakeem; Olajuwon; Tegla; Loroupe; Tamba; Hali; Christian; Okoye; African; Athletes; Black; Media; Representations; Sports; NBA; NFL; running

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  • Mwaniki, M. F. (2008). Media Constructions of African Athletes: A Sampling of Olajuwon, Loroupe, Okoye, and Hali [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1220037738

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mwaniki, Munene. Media Constructions of African Athletes: A Sampling of Olajuwon, Loroupe, Okoye, and Hali. 2008. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1220037738.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mwaniki, Munene. "Media Constructions of African Athletes: A Sampling of Olajuwon, Loroupe, Okoye, and Hali." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1220037738

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