Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:27:08 +0000 SOMEONE must be hanging his head in shame among the participants of the just ended Total Under-20 AfCON championships in Lusaka where it became apparent that some of our esteemed colleagues in West Africa still believe in the powers of darkness to win a football match. The events of the last two matches in Ndola and Lusaka left Zambians wondering why Africans go to school and church in the first place. If indeed we still believe and trust in the power of magic, juju or traditional herbs to win a sports competition, then we do not deserve to be called educated or Christian. In the Guinea versus Senegal semi-final at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on 8th March, Senegalese captain and leading striker Ibrahim Niame was injured in the 50th minute. What followed could only be the stuff of Nollywood. As he lay on the turf Niame calls to his […]
