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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Sport, Leisure, Tourism, and Events
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1491824

Afrocentric Frameworks in Recreation and Leisure Research: A Perspective Article

Provisionally accepted
MICHAEL SAKALA MICHAEL SAKALA *
  • North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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    This perspective article re-imagines and proposes key Afrocentric frameworks that can contribute towards animating the recreation and leisure discourse in Africa. The article foregrounds Afrocentricity, Sankofa, African Social Ontogenesis and Ubuntu as pertinent lenses through which recreation and leisure phenomena can be explored to respond to African realities. The article analytically draws on relevant scholarship to describe and interpretively glean implications for recreation and leisure research. The article's contribution to the discourse lies in its call for a rethink on how recreation and leisure research should engage with African realities.

    Keywords: Afrocentric, Recreation, leisure, Theoretical framework, Ubuntu

    Received: 05 Sep 2024; Accepted: 19 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 SAKALA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: MICHAEL SAKALA, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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