Back in March I had the opportunity to discuss my publication, “Voetsek! Get[ting] lost: African sportswomen in the sporting black diaspora” in a radio interview at the Black Agenda Report with Glen Ford. As always, hit me up for a PDF.
You can listen to the interview here if you missed it - https://blackagendareport.com/too-fast-be-woman
When South African track star Caster Semenya won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games, critics claimed “she was cheating and had no right to compete with other women” because she performed more like a man,” said Anima Adjepong, professor of sociology at Simmons University. The furor showed that Black gender and sexuality are depicted as “excessive or not adequate,” said Adjepong.