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Basketball Journalist & Insider | Editor-In-Chief for @AfricaBasket1 | Basketball Junkie | #ProtectBlackWomen 🇸🇱🇳🇬
I asked @usabasketball’s Cameroon-born 🇨🇲 star Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) about Gilbert Arena’s (@GilsArenaShow) recent disgusting and racist comments about Africans and African basketball players… @FECABASKET @FIBA @SSBFed
FYI, the South Sudan 🇸🇸 vs Cameroon 🇨🇲 score is 18-19, in slim favour of the Central African nation. It's early, but South Sudan 🇸🇸 captain Adut Bulgak’s “Mindset: Win, Mindset: Fight, Mindset: be together…” war cry seems to be holding up. #AfroBasketWomen #LeadWithLegacy
Following yesterday’s tough 55-53 loss to Mali 🇲🇱, I asked South Sudan 🇸🇸 captain Adut Bulgak what their mindset will be going into today’s game vs Cameroon 🇨🇲. 🗣 “Mindset: Win, Mindset: Fight, Mindset: be together…” 🦾
I'm sitting in front of the South Sudan 🇸🇸 national team, watching Rwanda 🇷🇼 take on Mozambique 🇲🇿. Its safe to say that the South Sudanese crew are here to support their East African neighbours.
AfroBasket Women 2025: Senegal 🇸🇳 vs Guinea 🇬🇳 Watch the games live on STARTIMES, @beIN, @courtside1891, @canalplus. #AfroBasketWomen
AfroBasket Women 2025: NGR 🇳🇬 vs RWA 🇷🇼 Watch the games live on STARTIMES & @courtside1891. #AfroBasketWomen
After the dust settled from Guinea's tough 88-51 defeat against Uganda 🇺🇬, I had the chance to chat with Batouly Camara 🇬🇳. She opened up about the game and shared her thoughts on her performance. #afrobasket
I spoke with Uganda 🇺🇬 national team guard Paige Robinson, following their 88-51 blowout win over Guinea 🇬🇳. Robinson, who admitted that she struggled with her shot, finished the game with 5 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST and 1STL.
Yesterday, their 75-63 loss to Cote D’Ivoire 🇨🇮, I asked Egypt 🇪🇬 head coach, Julian Martinez, who was ejected late in the game, about his team’s mindset going into today's clash against Angola 🇦🇴. 🎥 @xballafrica
Following yesterday’s tough 55-53 loss to Mali 🇲🇱, I asked South Sudan 🇸🇸 captain Adut Bulgak what their mindset will be going into today’s game vs Cameroon 🇨🇲. 🗣 “Mindset: Win, Mindset: Fight, Mindset: be together…” 🦾
Post-games, I also spoke with Fatou Diakite 🇨🇮, one of the young up-and-coming players on the Ivorian squad, about her thoughts on the game. #AfroBasket x #LeadWithLegacy
I spoke with Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 Head Coach, Stépheane Leite, after the game. I asked him about their difficulties in the 2nd Qtr, how they turned it around, and the physicality of the tournament going forward.
I also spoke with Rwanda 🇷🇼 national team regular, Keisha Hampton, who finished the game vs Nigeria 🇳🇬, with 10 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST and 2 STL. To put it politely, she was NOT pleased with her team’s performance.
Nigeria 🇳🇬 blew out Rwanda 🇷🇼 92-45 in their opening game of the 2025 edition of AfroBasket Women. I spoke to Ezinne Kalu post-game, where she discussed what Nigeria can take from such a dominant game.
I asked Cameroon 🇨🇲 star Yacine Diop about the squad's growing identity with so many new faces.
Guinea 🇬🇳 star Masseny Kaba discussed the team's 92-48 loss to Senegal 🇸🇳, attributing it to a lack of pre-tournament preparation.