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Fiifi Anaman

Fiifi Anaman is an award-winning writer and the co-author of The Black Star the autobiography of African football legend CK Gyamfi.

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lhouetted statue of footballer Stanley Matthews in three poses, showing him dribbling a ball against a bright sky outside a stadium.

The king of soccer

In 1957, three months after Ghanaian independence, the world’s most celebrated footballer came to Accra to teach. What Stanley Matthews left behind changed Ghanaian football forever.

Edson in Accra

It happened in 1969. But just how did he world’s greatest, richest and most sought-after footballer at the time, end up in Ghana?