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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.
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Matthew Kirwin is a Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and works at the US Department of State (his views don’t represent the US government).
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.