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If American star Megan Rapinoe’s short pink hair was the lasting image of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, Nigerian Rasheedat Ajibade’s close-cropped blue might be an omen of the future. The 23-year-old forward has already played in two World Cups and on the teams that won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in 2018 and …
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane says he will listen to the Senegalese people while deciding his future at Liverpool, the Premier League club, amid speculation that he could leave Anfield with just a year remaining on his current contract. Senegalese soccer star, Sadio Mane, who has been linked with a move from Liverpool to German champions …
As 26 miles of cheering fans welcomed the New York City Marathon’s return after its cancellation last year, two Kenyan runners achieved victory. Albert Korir won the men’s race, and Peres Jepchirchir took the women’s race with the third-fastest time in its history. Jake Seiner reports. New York sought a comeback story for its 50th …
On March 12, Patrice Motsepe became the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He replaced Ahmad Ahmad, who was banned from world professional football for two years by FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), the sport’s global governing body. Motsepe, a South African mining magnate and owner of the Mamelodi Sundowns club …
There’s something seemingly novel about a song from South Africa going viral to the extent that the 2019 house-music song “Jerusalema” has done in 2020. The song is performed by musician and producer Master KG and vocalist Nomcebo Zikode. Apart from the song’s omnipresence on the sound systems of neighborhoods all across South Africa, it …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for Nigeria’s film industry, halting production and shuttering theaters. A quarter of the one million people it employs could lose their jobs, and making new films has been hindered by the requirement that actors stay six feet apart. Abraham Achirga and Alexi Akwagyiram report. Nigeria’s film industry is creeping …
When FIFA took over the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after allegations of corruption and internal breakdown, it was expected they would hand it back as a cleaned house. But FIFA has announced many key changes and reforms regarding how the game is played, invested in and refereed, even proposing that the favored Africa Cup …
In Lagos plastic waste is everywhere to be seen, as people continue to be casual about littering. Artist Adeyemi Emmanuel collects such waste and turns it into fashionable leather bags to raise environmental awareness. Nneka Chile reports. The sight of discarded plastic bottles and bags floating in the open drains of Nigeria’s megacity Lagos moved …
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A recent catwalk by models in Paris at the Haute Couture Fashion Week sporting gowns made of an indigenous cotton cloth from Burkina Faso were impressive enough, but much moreso when you realize that their designer, Cameroonian Imane Ayissi, has been trying to break that cultural fashion barrier for 28 years. He is now the …
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Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge made history by running the fastest 26.2 miles ever in Vienna in October, and cementing his legacy as a super extraordinary athlete. An eight-time major marathon winner and three- time Olympic medalist, Kipchoge covered the marathon distance in 1:59:40, and crossed the seemingly impossible barrier of two hours – a feat that …