1965 All-Africa Games
The first All-Africa Games were played from July 18, 1965 to July 25, 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo. The first games to open to the entire African continent occurred a full forty years after they were first intended. Pierre de Coubertin, had proposed the first African Games be held in Algiers, Algeria in 1925. The games were never organized. Four years later, Alexandria, Egypt had almost completed preparations for the African Games of 1929 when the colonial powers stepped in to cancel the games, weeks before they were to begin. The colonizers felt the games might serve to unite Africa, and help them break free from their colonial status. The idea of a continental games languished for a time until regional games in West Africa the early sixties paved the way for the first continental games to
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1965 All-Africa Games
The first All-Africa Games were played from July 18, 1965 to July 25, 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo. The first games to open to the entire African continent occurred a full forty years after they were first intended. Pierre de Coubertin, had proposed the first African Games be held in Algiers, Algeria in 1925. The games were never organized. Four years later, Alexandria, Egypt had almost completed preparations for the African Games of 1929 when the colonial powers stepped in to cancel the games, weeks before they were to begin. The colonizers felt the games might serve to unite Africa, and help them break free from their colonial status. The idea of a continental games languished for a time until regional games in West Africa the early sixties paved the way for the first continental games to
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1-е Всеафриканские игры 1965 г ...... портсменов из 30 стран Африки.
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De eerste Afrikaanse Spelen we ...... an deelnemers en journalisten.
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Die I. Afrikaspiele, bis 2012 ...... taffel) Wettkämpfe ausgeführt.
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Jeux africains de 1965 Navigat ...... ongo du 18 au 25 juillet 1965.
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Los I Juegos Panafricanos se c ...... 53 repartidas en 10 deportes.
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Os Jogos Pan-africanos de 1965 ...... ica de ouro da nação anfitriã.
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The first All-Africa Games wer ...... n medals in the African Games)
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ألعاب عموم أفريقيا 1965 هي الن ...... ونغو من 18 يوليو إلى 25 يوليو.
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1-е Всеафриканские игры 1965 г ...... портсменов из 30 стран Африки.
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De eerste Afrikaanse Spelen we ...... nafhankelijkheid zouden eisen.
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Die I. Afrikaspiele, bis 2012 ...... ipchoge Keino und Samuel Igun.
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Jeux africains de 1965 Navigat ...... ongo du 18 au 25 juillet 1965.
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Los I Juegos Panafricanos se c ...... 53 repartidas en 10 deportes.
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Os Jogos Pan-africanos de 1965 ...... ica de ouro da nação anfitriã.
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The first All-Africa Games wer ...... he first continental games to
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ألعاب عموم أفريقيا 1965 هي الن ...... ونغو من 18 يوليو إلى 25 يوليو.
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1965 All-Africa Games
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Afrikaanse Spelen 1965
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Afrikaspiele 1965
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Jeux africains de 1965
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Jogos Pan-Africanos de 1965
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Juegos Panafricanos de 1965
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Всеафриканские игры 1965
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ألعاب عموم أفريقيا 1965
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