The AIS team takes you to Euguene, Oregon home of the Oregon Ducks. We sit down with now SLU Basketball player Francis Okoro and learn about his traumatic life surviving violence in Nigeria, neglect, and abuse in the US but finding strength in God and basketball.

AIS S3E8 - Francis Okoro | Upbringing in Nigeria, Abuse in the US, Basketball as a Way Out

Africans in Sports is on a mission to show the world what makes African Athletes so unique. We travel around the globe and sit down with the best and most influential athletes to come out of the continent of Africa. Our goal is to celebrate these men and women and tell their stories in hopes of inspiring the continent’s youth to never give up on their dreams.

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AIS S3E8 - Francis Okoro | Upbringing in Nigeria, Abuse in the US, Basketball as a Way Out

AIS S3E8 - Francis Okoro | Upbringing in Nigeria, Abuse in the US, Basketball as a Way Out