• HASSAN HOWA, NO NORMAL SPORT, a biography of his life and times

HASSAN HOWA, NO NORMAL SPORT, a biography of his life and times

: Oakes (D.)

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482pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, African Lives, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781067235314

 

Cricketer and anti-apartheid sports activist Hassan Howa (1922-1992) was a founder member of the SA Cricket Board of Control, established in 1947, where he worked to promote cricket among the dispossessed and the oppressed. Throughout the 1970s he led a fearless campaign against 'white' cricket, succeeding in ensuring that the Springboks were banned from participation in international cricket.

Dougie Oakes worked as a journalist for more than 40 years, covering sports-politics and politics in the 1980s and 1990s. He edited several books, including Reader’s Digest Illustrated History of South Africa – the Real Story and More than a Game – History of the Western Province Cricket Board 1959 – 1991.