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Dick Tiger The Life And Times Of Africas Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion
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Book Synopsis Dick Tiger The Life and Times of Africa's Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion by : 'Damola Ifaturoti
Download or read book Dick Tiger The Life and Times of Africa's Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion written by 'Damola Ifaturoti and published by Amv Publishing Services. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of Africa's Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion, the first full length biography of the Nigerian born, three-time world boxing champion originally published in 2002.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of African Biography by : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Download or read book Dictionary of African Biography written by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 3382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
Book Synopsis In Africa's Honor by : Justina Ihetu
Download or read book In Africa's Honor written by Justina Ihetu and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of the American Civil Rights Movement, and barely three years after Africas most populous nation celebrated her independence from colonial rule, the Nigerian government brought her full weight to bear in a world championship title boutthe first ever in Black Africa. The Dick Tiger vs. Gene Fullmer III fight, held in Liberty Stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria, on August 10, 1963, was a forerunner for all the big fights in the African continent. Westerners didnt believe that a newly independent African nation could dare muster the audacity, or financial backbone, to stage a world championship event. In Africas Honor chronicles this groundbreaking fight while narrating the details of Richard (Dick Tiger) Ihetus life in and out of the boxing ring. Presented as a play by Justina Ihetu, Dick Tigers daughter, and complete with archival photos, this drama showcases the patriotism and heroism of a boxer who had an inauspicious beginning. Ihetu provides insight into the wheeling and dealing behind the match, and she humanizes the principle playerslaying bare their innermost thoughts and anxieties to help form a deeper understanding of the character, and circumstances that reveal Africas promise, of unity, dignity, and honor.
Book Synopsis Boxing is no Cakewalk! by : NYM Botchway
Download or read book Boxing is no Cakewalk! written by NYM Botchway and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boxing is no cakewalk! Azumah Ring Professor Nelson in the Social History of Ghanaian Boxing explores the social history of boxing in Ghana and its interesting nexus with the biography of Azumah Nelson, unquestionably Ghanas most celebrated boxer. The book posits that sports constitute more than mere games that people play. They are endowed with enormous political, cultural, economic and social power that can influence peoples lives in various ways. Boxing is no cakewalk! interrogates the social meaning and impact of boxing within the colonial and postcolonial milieux of popular culture in Ghana. Consequently, it reconsiders the prevailing conception of boxing as adversative to enlightened human culture by arguing that it is a positive formulator of individual and national identities. The historicising of sports and the lives of sportspersons in Ghana provides an eloquent backdrop for an understanding of the past social dynamics and their effect in the present. The books analytical narrative offers an intellectual contribution to the promising areas of social and cultural history in Ghanas historiography and the scholarly discourse on identity formation and social empowerment through the popular culture of sports.
Book Synopsis The African American National Biography: Hacker-Jones, Sarah by : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
Download or read book The African American National Biography: Hacker-Jones, Sarah written by Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 8-volume reference set containing over 4,000 entries written by distinguished scholars, 'The African American National Biography' is the most significant and expansive compilation of black lives in print today.
Download or read book Dick Tiger written by Adeyinka Makinde and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dick Tiger was perhaps the greatest fighter to come out of the African continent. Emerging from an environment devoid of substantive traditions in boxing, he would overcome a litany of obstacles before becoming a two-time undisputed world middleweight titlist and an undisputed light heavyweight champion. ?The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal, ? the first comprehensive biography of Dick Tiger, puts the man in the context of his times. A migrant fighter to Liverpool, the repository of West African born fighters who kept the British game alive during the industry wide recession of the 1950s, Tiger later moved to America where he established a marquee value seldom attained by non-American fighters and where he played a prominent role as an ?in-house? fighter at the ?Mecca of Boxing, ? New York City's Madison Square Garden. His life also personified the hopes, aspirations and the tragedy of the Igbo ethnic group. An avowed apostle of Biafran secession from Nigeria, Tiger's support would cost him dearly. Here is Dick Tiger as never before explained: The ?blue collar? fighter, ageless ringman, commercial venturer, Nigerian patriot and Biafran rebel. From empty bottle trader to wealthy realtor, from Nigerian boxing booths to Madison Square Garden, from journeyman fighter to world championship fighter; ?The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal? is a compelling study of human dignity in triumph and in tragedy.
Download or read book Great Athletes written by Rafer Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Boxing by : Gerald Early
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Boxing written by Gerald Early and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers accessible and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of boxing around the globe.
Book Synopsis Forever Harlem by : Lloyd A. Williams
Download or read book Forever Harlem written by Lloyd A. Williams and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York's hometown newspaper combines its vast archives with the resources of the Uptown Chamber of Commerce to provide an informative and rich visual history of Harlem.
Download or read book Undisputed Truth written by Mike Tyson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be sure to check out IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson “Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life.”—Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Yet—even after hitting rock bottom—the man who once admitted being addicted “to everything” fought his way back, achieving triumphant success as an actor and newfound happiness and stability as a father and husband. Brutal, honest, raw, and often hilarious, Undisputed Truth is the singular journey of an inspiring American original.
Download or read book West Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Diamonds are Forever by : Lanre Idowu
Download or read book Diamonds are Forever written by Lanre Idowu and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The African American National Biography: Dihigo-Gwynn by : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
Download or read book The African American National Biography: Dihigo-Gwynn written by Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 8-volume reference set containing over 4,000 entries written by distinguished scholars, 'The African American National Biography' is the most significant and expansive compilation of black lives in print today.
Book Synopsis Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by : Frederick Douglass
Download or read book Life and Times of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Douglass recounts early years of abuse, his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass's autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.
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Download or read book A Boxing Legacy written by Ian Phimister and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-04 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-overdue tribute to legendary African American sportswriter and boxing cartoonist Ted Carroll. Ted Carroll was one of the greatest American artists and sportswriters of the twentieth century, most notably as a boxing cartoonist and journalist. As a Black man working in an era when boxing was one of the few outlets where Black athletes could achieve wealth, success, and recognition, Carroll’s commentary on the sport provides a profound perspective on race and the history of boxing. In A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Ian Phimister and David Patrick celebrate Carroll’s extraordinary achievements as a sports cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and writer. Beginning with an introduction to Carroll’s life and times, Phimister and Patrick then dive into Carroll’s work, reproducing 44 of his best articles contributed to The Ring magazine—the bible of boxing. Arranged thematically, each section of articles includes an overview discussing the selections and providing valuable historical context. Included in the collection is the significant series “The American Black Man in Boxing,” which explores race, sport, and society. Ted Carroll’s insightful articles illuminate the place of boxing in twentieth-century sport and society with incredible skill and care. The first extended account of Ted Carroll’s life and works, and profusely illustrated with his brilliant drawings, A Boxing Legacy finally provides the deserved recognition to a remarkable artist and author who has been overlooked for far too long.
