Angola Basketball
US Department Of State Post Report
Windhoek has clubs and/or facilities for basketball, soccer, baseball/softball, volleyball, and cricket. A local branch of the Hash House Harriers meets weekly. ... [Read More]
Africa
Elsewhere in Nigeria, USAID engaged unemployed and out-of-school Muslim and Christian youth in basketball tournaments to create competition without violence, a program that gained national attention. Concerns about the implementation of new laws based on Shari'a in several Nigerian states led USAID partners to establish the Shari'a Stakeholders Consultative Group. The Group served as both a rule of law advocate and information source in the landmark Amina Lawal adultery/capital punishment case. The United States has funded various programs to help bring peace to the oil-rich Niger delta, where inter-communal violence has killed dozens and displaced thousands of Nigerians. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The high school sports program includes varsity basketball, swimming, track and field, volleyball, soccer, and softball. Intramural sports include basketball, volleyball, swimming, and tennis. Other activities include drama club, band, newspaper, yearbook, student council, and national honor society. In the arts, ceramics, calligraphy, and photography are offered. ... There is a variety of sporting activities to participate in at post: tennis, golf, swimming, horseback riding, volleyball, basketball, jogging, softball, squash, and darts to name a few. Some sporting equipment is available locally, but cost is prohibitive so bring such equipment to post. ... [Read More]
Zambia
On May 27, police in the Lusaka neighborhood of Kabwata shot and killed Tombozgani Chirambo, head coach of a local basketball team, as he returned home following an evening practice session. Following complaints by Chirambo's family and the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ), the Government arrested and charged two officers with murder. The court ordered the two officers held without bail; however, there was no trial by year's end. ... [Read More]
Press and Information Office, Public Affairs Office, United States Embassy, South Africa
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Article Alert, Archives--Electronic Journals, Dept. of State
Before John Edgar Wideman became renowned for writing fiction and nonfiction, and for winning two PEN/Faulkner Awards, he was a star basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania. Today, he is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In a recent book, Hoop Roots, Wideman focuses his artistic sensibilities on his inner city background. He compares and contrasts two fundamental passions in his life - writing and playing basketball. When he refers in the excerpt below to the beauty of playing "hoop," he is using a term common on urban playgrounds across America for the game of basketball. Wideman mirrors a long line of American authors who have explored the lessons and meanings of life from the perspective of the playing field or court. ... [Read More]
United States Embassy, Press Release 2004
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David Goldiner, "Games for the Whole World" , U.S. Society and Values, December 2003
Chinese basketball center Yao Ming, high-scoring forward Dirk Nowitzki from Germany, and Brazilian Nene Hilario have emerged from little-known basketball backwaters to star in the NBA. Female track stars have made their mark in college athletics and female basketball stars – buoyed by the popularity of women's basketball in countries like Portugal and Brazil – have internationalized the new Women's National Basketball Association, or WNBA. ... On a dusty basketball court outside Johannesburg, South Africa, this past September, Michel Los Santos, a 17-year-old boy from Angola, drilled one long-range shot after another into the basket. Powerfully built Nigerian center Kenechukwu Obi, 15, huffing and puffing after grabbing a rebound, admitted he had touched a basketball for the first time only three months earlier. Rail-thin Cheikh Ahmadou Bemba Fall said most of his friends in the Senagalese port city of St. Louis play basketball in bare feet. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The national sports of Angola are soccer and basketball. Local games are held regularly. Angola also sponsors tennis, European handball, basketball, and field hockey teams. Dance, aerobics, karate, and “capoeira” lessons are available, located at several different fitness gyms and at reasonable prices. Runners can participate in the Hash House Harriers, a weekly “Fun Run” sponsored by the British Embassy, and more informal events. ... [Read More]
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