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立命館人間科学研究，22，97-106，2011． 研究ノート（Study Notes） １ （立命館大学大学院国際関係研究科） A Sports NGO as an Actor in Development Assistance ： The Example of the Zimbabwe Baseball Society ISHIHARA Toyokazu (Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University) 　Modern sports is diffused all over the world as a cultural hegemonic phenomenon; they were what people living in colonies who yearned for such cultural phenomenon diffused by what the colonial power willingly accepted. On the other hand, sports functioned as a device of colonial rule for the colonial power. The sports which spread under the expansion of capitalism have become an integral part of the entertainment business and have expanded globally to seek new markets and athletes as cheap labor. Global sporting events where athletes from all over the world get together, such as the Olympic Games, function as a friendship tool which binds people together across borders. To support sports diffusion to developing countries from this perspective, can be regarded to be just as important as material and financial development assistance. This paper focuses on the Zimbabwe Baseball Society as an actor offering such support. Its original goal was to construct a baseball field in the capital city and promote baseball in the country. Their efforts in supporting and developing players resulted in producing a professional athlete who plays in the independent professional baseball league in Japan.　While the globalization of professional sports contributes to increasing low level feeder leagues trying to develop