Originals

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has produced a series of world-class athletes competing in the Summer Olympics over the years. However, the country can boast just one winner of an Olympic gold individual medal with policewoman Chioma Ajunwa responsible for the historic moment. Born on Christmas Day, 1970, Ajunwa was raised poor in a small […]

  Track and field star Alice Coachman, who in 1948 became the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic games, died…