The All-Africa University Games is a regional

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representing

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, organized for

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athletes by the

Federation of Africa University Sports The Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) is the governing body responsible for sporting activities in African universities. History The origin of the body can be traced to 1971 when thirty one (31) delegates from seventeen (17) unive ...

(FASU). The games were first held in 1975 in

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History

The FASU All-Africa University Games were first held around the 1974-75 new year period in

and again at the same time of year in 1978–79 in

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. The event was after scheduled to be held in

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...

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in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in

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when only a very limited range of men's events were contested. It was set for a tenth edition in 2020, but this was postponed due to the

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.10th FASU Games Pushed to 2022
Africa University Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

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Official website of FASU
{{International multi-sport events Recurring sporting events established in 1975 Student sports competitions Multi-sport events in Africa

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