Boxers Die Alone: Reflections on Boxing in the Eastern Cape

Driven by a lifelong fascination with the sport, in Boxers Die Alone Prof Njabulo S. Ndebele applies his intellectual and philosophical mind to this phenomenon how it came about and whether it still applies today. He steps past the modern technology that allows us to stream fights in real time, choosing instead to delve deep into the origin story of a township that was constructed intentionally to provide Black labour to a white town.