The 10th All-Africa Games (COJA 2011) will take place at the new 42,000-seat stadium constructed by the Chinese in the suburb of Zimpeto in Maputo, Mozambique from September 3 -18, 2011.
Maputo's hosting will be only the third time the games will have been held in the southern part of the continent.
Lusaka, Zambia was initially granted the right to host the Games in April 2005 after the withdrawal of other bidders at the meeting of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa met in Algeria.[2] Ghana had indicated interest in hosting the Games.
The Zambian government has withdrawn its offer to host the 2011 All Africa Games due to lack of funds.The 2011 All African Games will hold at the in MAPUTO, Mozambique
The All Africa Games are a multi-sports event who came to him every four years, exclusively for the athletes of the African continent. It is organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa.
The first Games took place in 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo, and have official recognition from the International Olympic Committee as a continental multi-sport event and the Pan American Games and Asian Games.
History
The founder of the Modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Pan-African before 1920.
However, the colonial powers that ruled Africa at that time feared the idea, suspecting that the aspect of unification of the sport among the African people could cause conflicts and assert its independence from the colonizers.
Attempts began to present the Games in Algiers, Algeria in 1925, and in Alexandria, Egypt in 1928, but despite the elaborate preparation, efforts have been disapproved. The first African member of the IOC, the sprinter Angelo Bolanaki, donated funds to build a stadium, but the games have just delayed for more than three decades.
In early 1960, the French-speaking countries of Africa have organized the Goodwill Games in Madagascar.
The following year, Ivory Coast, hosted the second edition and later in Senegal. Before they were completed, the African Ministers of Youth and Sport are in Paris.
As some countries have English speakers participated, the Games were renamed as the Pan-African and became officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
Until the 1987 edition, wars and various technical problems have delayed, canceled and moved editions of the Pan-African Games.
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