This is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.
| ISBN: | 9781557288882 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2008 |
| Author: | Peter Benson |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: sport Boxing |