When Pelé ended a war
From July 1967 to January 1970, Nigeria was engaged in civil war. Apparently, one person could make the war pause: The G.O.A.T., Pelé.
2 Articles by:
Olaojo Aiyegbayo
Olaojo Aiyegbayo is a writer based in Huddersfield, UK. He tweets @olaojo15.
Arthur Ashe and the Military Coup
In 1976, the American tennis star, Arthur Ashe, went to play in a tennis tournament in Lagos and promptly found himself in the middle of a coup by Nigeria’s military.