A question of excellence: a century of African masters
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Trenton, NJ [u.a.]
Africa World Press
2005
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| Ausgabe: | 1. printing |
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 299 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 1592212816 1592212824 |
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A Century of African Masters
Alex de Voogt
Africa World Press, Inc
P O Box 1892 ffi^Sn f-O Box 48
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Part One: Introduction
1 A Question of Excellence 3
Part Two: Scholarship and Mastership — A D 700
2 The Rise of Islam and Chess 11
3 Islam, Chess, and Rebellion 23
4 Studies on Sources 33
Part Three: A Checkered History of Victory — 1900 to 1950
5 Introduction of European Draughts 41
6 The Rise of East African Bao 65
7 Migration of West African Warri 89
8 Experiments of the Mind 101
Part Four: Style and Substance — 1950 to 1990
9 Comparisons 117
10 Elegance of Port-au-Prince 131
11 Rallying Speed from Dakar 149
12 Treasures from Stone Town 169
13 Bridgetown Bravado 187
viii A Question of Excellence
Part Five: Mind over Matter — 1990 to 2000
14 Computation 205
15 Continuing Competition 217
16 Computers and Challengers 233
17 Continental Coverage 251
18 The Unseen Seeds 255
Part Six: Epilogue — 2001
19 Moves Ahead 267
References and Further Reading 273
Appendix 283
Index 291
List of maps
1 The Western Coasts of the Indian Ocean 12
2 Zanzibar 84
3 Haiti 132
4 Barbados 188
5 West Africa 218
List of photographs
Frederick Lord Jesus Jackman, 1996 199
Laurie Greaves (left) and Dan Hinds (right) playing warri, 1996 200
Abdulrahim M Foum playing blindfold simultaneous bao, 1997 200
(photo: Johan de Koning)
N diaga Samb (left) and Macodou N diaye (right) across a draughts 201
board, 2001
Semifinals bao tournament, 1994 201
Rajab, Shamte, Abdu, Nasoro, and Kijumbe, 1994 202
Ibrahim Said Mkiwa, 1994 202
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