Education
Odendaal attended Queen"s College in Queenstown, Stellenbosch University, and, Cambridge.
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Andre Odendaal
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He played for Cambridge University in 1980 and 1983, scoring 61, his only first-class fifty, on debut against Leicestershire. He played nine matches in 1980, scoring 325 runs at an average of 23.21. He played in the annual match against Oxford University, but rain washed out the match before Cambridge could battalion
He also played two List A matches for Combined Universities.
In 1984-1985 he became the only white first-class player to play in the non-white South African first-class competition during the apartheid era, appearing for the Transvaal team in 1984-1985 and the Western Province team in 1985-1986. He has taught history at the University of South Africa and the University of the Western Cape.
His books include:
God"s Forgotten Cricketers: Profiles of Leading South African Players (1976) (ed)
Cricket in Isolation: The Politics of Race and Cricket in South Africa (1977)
Vukani Bantu!: The Beginnings of Black Protest Politics in South Africa (1984)
Beyond the Barricades: Popular Resistance in South Africa in the 1980"s (1989) (contributed main essay)
A Trumpet from the Housetops: The Selected Writings of Lionel Forman (1992) (ed, with Sadie Forman)
Liberation Chabalala: The World of Alex la Guma (1993) (ed, with Roger Field)
Beyond the Tryline: Rugby and South African Society (1995) (with Albert Grundlingh and Burridge Spies)
The Story of an African Game: Black Cricketers and the Unmasking of One of South Africa"s Greatest Myths, 1850-2003 (2003)
The Blue Book: A History of Western Province Cricket 1890-2011 (2012) (with Krish Reddy and Andrew Samson).
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Politics
The Founders: The Origins of the African National Congress and the Struggle for Democracy (2012).
