Showing posts with label Dick Tiger; Adeyika Makinde; Boxing; Nigerian Civil War; Biafra; Igbo Culture; Migration of West African Fighters to Britain; Boxing at Madison Square Garden; Age of Televised Boxing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dick Tiger; Adeyika Makinde; Boxing; Nigerian Civil War; Biafra; Igbo Culture; Migration of West African Fighters to Britain; Boxing at Madison Square Garden; Age of Televised Boxing. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Dick Tiger Biography - Essential Reading on University Course


With  Michael Gennaro. Michael is a Canadian doctoral candidate at the University of Florida who is researching into Nigerian boxing from 1920 to 1970. One of the courses which he teaches is the history of African sport and my book, Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal is essential reading because of its social, political and historical contexts.