Africa Daily - After a near 60 year ban, can Zanzibar embrace boxing?
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Young people in Zanzibar are able to pursue boxing for the first time in nearly six decades, now that a ban on the sport has been lifted.
Zanzibar’s first president Abeid Karume banned boxing in 1965, saying it was inhumane and against the culture of Zanzibaris.
In the years since, some aspiring boxers had to travel to mainland Tanzania to pursue their ambitions.
It means that people on the island were only recently able to enjoy one of Africa’s most popular sports in person for the first time in nearly 60 years.
But after all that time, are people on Zanzibar ready to lace up their gloves and embrace boxing again?
Published on Monday, 4th September 2023.
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