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Bikila: Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian
Bikila Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian
Author: Tim Judah, Renaud Girard
On September 10, 1960, Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian, stunned the world when he won the Rome Olympic marathon running barefoot. He was the first black African to win a gold medal at the Olympics and overnight became a sporting hero, an African hero, and, for many, the first black African they had ever heard of. Bikila was a man of his times?a symbo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780955830242
ISBN-10: 0955830249
Publication Date: 7/3/2008
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Reportage Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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