Oluwole Betiku Jr: From Streets of Lagos to Illinois aDefensive End

Oluwole Betiku Jr: From Streets of Lagos to Illinois aDefensive End

Oluwole Betiku Jr. took a bumpy 16-hour bus ride from his home in Lagos, Nigeria, through roadblocks and down rutted streets, to a sports camp in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, he had heard about in passing. Though he had hoped to join the screening for basketball, when he realised that he was a ‘dwarf’ when […]

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