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DON KING
Brief History
Donald King is an American boxing promoter, known for his involvement in several historic boxing matchups. King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila". King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Tomasz Adamek, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Chris Byrd, John Ruiz, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr., Azumah Nelson, Gerald McClellan, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Christy Martin.
"The Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match was Don King biggest contribution to Pan-Africanism!! Below are documentaries highlighting this event.
MAURICE BISHOP
Brief History
Maurice Rupert Bishop (29 May 1944 – 19 October 1983) was a Grenadian revolutionary and the leader of New Jewel Movement – a Marxist–Leninist party which sought to prioritize socio-economic development, education, and black liberation – that came to power during the 13 March 1979 revolution that removed Eric Gairy from office. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983, when he was dismissed from his post and executed during the coup by Bernard Coard, leading to upheaval.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bishop
KNOW YOUR AFRICAN STATES
THOMAS SANKARA
MORE OF THOMAS SANKARA DOCUMENTARY FAMOUS QUOTES
Quote1
“While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas.”
Quote2
“The greatest difficulty we have faced is the neocolonial way of thinking that exists in this country. We were colonized by a country, France, that left us with certain habits. For us, being successful in life, being happy, meant trying to live as they do in France, like the richest of the French.”
Quote3
“The revolution and women's liberation go together. We do not talk of women's emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph. Women hold up the other half of the sky.”
Quote4
“Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves; confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction that struggle is our only recourse. He, was a citizen of the free world that together we are in the process of building. That is why we say that Che Guevara is also African and Burkinabe.”
Quote5
“We have to work at decolonizing our mentality and achieving happiness within the limits of sacrifice we should be willing to make. We have to recondition our people to accept themselves as they are, to not be ashamed of their real situation, to be satisfied with it, to glory in it, even”
Quote6
“The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.”
WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM AND CRICKETERS
Background Information
The West Indies cricket team has a strong tradition in the sport. Made up of fifteen Caribbean territories, the WINDIES as they are known, have dominated the cricket scene for years. From the late 1970’s until the early 1990’s it was said that the best cricket players from the world hailed from the West Indies. Some of the accolades achieved by the region are: ICC Cricket World Cup twice (1975 and 1979), the ICC T20 World Cup twice (2012 and 2016), the ICC Champions Trophy (2004). The West Indies appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals (1975, 1979 and 1983), and were the first team to win back-to-back World Cups (1975 and 1979). (Source: bolavip.com)
For More Information Visit: https://www.windiescricket.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team
