Sportspeople

Encyclopaedia Africana M September 10, 2020 MARVIN HAGLER

After Minter lost, the sore losers in the audience made sure Marvin knew how they felt about their boy being battered like a sausage.

Encyclopaedia Africana L September 9, 2020 LEWIS HAMILTON

I’m one of the only people of colour there yet I stand alone. I would have thought by now you would see why this happens and say something about it but you can’t stand alongside us. Just know I know who you are, and I see you.

A Encyclopaedia Africana September 9, 2020 ANTHONY JOSHUA

Anthony won all 18 fights at Amateur level, including the Senior ABA Championships, and it was his performance in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011 that earned him a spot at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Encyclopaedia Africana N September 4, 2020 NAOMI OSAKA

Watching the continued genocide of Black people at the hand of the police is honestly making me feel sick to my stomach.

Encyclopaedia Africana V August 8, 2020 VENUS WILLIAMS

If police brutality can exist and be tolerated so many years at this scale, imagine the other insidious acts of racism that permeate our country

Encyclopaedia Africana P August 7, 2020 PELE

Pelé announced his retirement from soccer in 1974, but he was lured back to the field the following year to play for the New York Cosmos.

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