Klaverjas and the Hidden Sporting Heritage of South Africa

Card Games, Community, and Black History

AvHendrik Snyders,Leonard Jacobs

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Global Heritage and Memory Studies in the Present

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As a collective, klaverjas players form a distinct community of practice with a unique organisational discourse, language, and set of socialisation practices. Given its prevalence within South Africa’s Black communities, klawerjas, as it is locally known, is perceived as both the traditional game of the communities in question and a marker of a particular regional ethnic identity. The history of klaverjas is part of the unmapped sporting heritage of South Africa’s Black communities, whose true extent and meaning have long remained obscured. This book maps the development of klaverjas, its consolidation, its unique local character, and its intersections with broader societal events. It places competitive klaverjas in the mainstream of South Africa’s sports history and claims its place as a part of the country’s national sports identity.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Heritage and Memory Studies in the Present
Antal sidor:186
Förlag:Pallas Publications
ISBN:9789048565047

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Dr Hendrik Snyders is a Research Fellow at the National Museum and Free State University in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His research broadly focuses on identity, masculinity, and cultural heritage. He recently published Blitzboks: A History of Rugby Sevens in South Africa, and Rough Diamonds, A History of South African Baseball. Leonard Jacobs is a retired klaverjas player based in Cape Town and a former executive committee member of a number of regional associations. He is also a founder member of the South African Klawerjas Board of Control and has served organised klawerjas in South Africa for more than forty years.

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Foreword Acknowledgements Acronyms and Initialisms Note on the Spelling of Key Terms Introduction Chapter 1: Foregrounding Chapter 2: Towards an Organised Sport Chapter 3: Apartheid Intersections and Heritage Denial Chapter 4: Uniformity and Parallel Struggles Chapter 5: A Klaverjas World Championship Chapter 6: Towards a South African Klaverjas Board Chapter 7: Mandela Decade - Operations of the National Board Chapter 8: Heritage Change and National Recognition Chapter 9: Ongoing Search for Respectability Chapter 10: Into the Future Bibliography Index