The price of potential
Joseph O’Neill’s new novel follows a Pittsburgh writer chasing a West African wonderkid. It’s also a story about who profits every time the world goes looking for the next Eusébio.
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Matthew Kirwin
Matthew Kirwin is a Professorial Lecturer of International Affairs at the George Washington University’s Elliott School and a former Peace Corps volunteer in Niger.
When the spirits of the ancestors call you back
A homage to a true pan-African athlete-activist, Lee Evans, who at the Olympics Games in 1968 broke the 400-meter world record and embarked on a life of political activism.