Tag: African Olympians
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The remarkable journey of Len Tau and Yasmani, Tswana tribesmen who made history in 1904 as the first Black Africans to compete in the modern Olympics. Running barefoot in the challenging St. Louis marathon, they faced obstacles like…
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