First event 1975 Accra Last event 2012 Windhoek | Occur every Four years Organization FASU | |
Purpose Multi-sport event for university in Africa. | ||
The All-Africa University Games is a regional multi-sport event representing Africa, organized for university athletes by the African University Sports Federation (FASU). The games were first held in 1975 in Accra, Ghana.
History
The FASU All-Africa University Games were first held around the 1974-75 new year period in Accra, Ghana and again at the same time of year in 1978-79 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was after scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in Nigeria when only a very limited range of men's events were contested.
References
All-Africa University Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA