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Bikila: Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian
Bikila Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian
Author: Tim Judah
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: 9780955830211
ISBN-10: 0955830214
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Reportage Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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