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Award-winning investigative journalist Rodney D. Sieh tells this gripping story about the rise of George Weah, one of the world’s greatest football icons and how he came to the decision to run for the Liberian Presidency, the challenges he has had to deal with since his election in 2017 and the many missteps that have dogged his reign since transitioning from footballer to president.
The story, wonderfully woven in the backdrop of a country emerging out of the ashes of a brutal civil war and a successive democratic transition, traces the football legend’s early years as a raw, untapped talent to his conquering of the beautiful game as one of its most prized ambassadors, climaxing with his reluctance to accept the reality that age had finally caught up with him as he took leave of the game which brought him to prominence, and his eventual decision to venture into the rugged jungle of African politics.
24 x 16 cms, softback, 424 pages.
2023
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