He has published extensively on the history of Islam / Indians in South Africa, and the role of sport and culture in South African society including several co-authored and co-edited books. These include Blacks in Whites: A Century of Sporting Struggles in KwaZulu-Natal, 1880-2002 (2002); The Making of a Social Reformer: Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, 1893-1914 (2005); Empire & Cricket: The South African Experience 1884-1914 (2009); Monty Naicker: Between Reason and Treason (2010); Inside Indian Indenture: A South African Story, 1860-1914 (2010); Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights: The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954-2010 (2010); and Many Lives. 150 Years of Being Indian in South Africa (2010).