The Samia Yusuf Omar Biography: She Finished Last at the Beijing Olympics and the Crowd Cheered. Samia Yusuf Omar was seventeen when she ran last in her 200m heat at Beijing 2008. She trained in a war zone, was threatened by Al-Shabaab for being a female athlete, crossed the Sahara, was kidnapped in Libya, and … Read more
Femi Dapson Biography The Femi Dapson Biography: The Nigerian Content Creator Turning Everyday Life Into Viral Gold. What does it take to make millions of people stop scrolling? For Femi Dapson, the answer is surprisingly simple – just hold a mirror up to everyday Nigerian life and let people laugh at what they see. In … Read more
The Erik Weihenmayer Biography: The Blind Man Who Climbed Everest. Erik Weihenmayer lost his sight at fourteen, became a wrestler and then a mountaineer, summited Everest in 2001 as the first blind person in history, completed the Seven Summits, kayaked the Grand Canyon, and built a movement that has helped hundreds of thousands of people … Read more
Neetu Bisht Biography The Neetu Bisht Biography: The Girl Who Lost Her Father at 11 and Built an Empire at 25. There is a particular kind of strength that does not announce itself. It does not come with a dramatic origin story or a mentor who believed in you at the right moment. It comes … Read more
Savannah Lee Nassif Biography The Savannah Lee Nassif Biography: The Girl Who Left Houston at 15 and Never Looked Back. Most fifteen-year-olds are navigating high school hallways and figuring out who they are. Savannah Lee Nassif was packing her bags and moving to Los Angeles to become a star. That decision – bold, scary, and … Read more
Vincent Kompany Biography The Vincent Kompany Biography: He Scored the Most Important Goal of His Career at the Worst Possible Moment. Vincent Kompany grew up in Brussels being called monkey by opponents, was expelled from school, survived his parents’ divorce and eviction, played through 37 injuries that cost him two full years of football, earned … Read more
Papiss Demba Cissé Biography The Papiss Demba Cissé Biography: He Drove an Ambulance to Survive and He Scored the Most Beautiful Goal in Premier League History Papiss Demba Cissé grew up in Dakar driving ambulances and working as a fisherman to eat. He set an African Bundesliga record, arrived at Newcastle and scored 13 goals … Read more
Jay-Jay Okocha Biography The Jay-Jay Okocha Biography: He Went on Holiday to Germany and Accidentally Became a Legend Jay-Jay Okocha humiliated Oliver Kahn with a goal so outrageous that German football magazines made it Goal of the Season — and he was playing for a mid-table club. He became the most expensive African player in … Read more
Didier Drogba Biography The Didier Drogba Biography: He Scored in Every Final and Stopped a War in 59 Seconds Didier Drogba scored 10 goals in 10 finals, equalised in the last minute of the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, scored the winning penalty, and is Chelsea’s greatest foreign goalscorer. But his greatest moment happened … Read more
Kanu Nwankwo Biography The Kanu Nwankwo Biography: He Scored With a Broken Heart and Saved Hundreds of Children Kanu Nwankwo scored twice in four minutes against Brazil to win Olympic gold for Nigeria in 1996 — then discovered his heart had been defective the entire time. Inter Milan’s president paid for the surgery. Kanu came … Read more