The New York Times featured an article on Sudanese basketball prospect Ater Majok, and his journey to the United States to play college basketball at the University of Connecticut. Majok’s bare-knuckled journey from Khartoum, Sudan, to UConn’s lineup is nearly complete. A 6-foot-10, 233-pound freshman who was forced to sit out last season, Majok is [...]

Milwaukee Buck’s forward Luc Mbah a Moute is in South Africa this week for Basketball without Borders. The 6-8 native of Cameroon was given a standing ovation when he was introduced. Mbah a Moute is tied to the event both physically and emotionally. Not only is in his home continent of Africa, but he remembers attending [...]

Tripoli, Libya – Angola took home the 2009  Africa Nations Championship by defeating the Ivory Coast 82-72 to capture their sixth straight Afrobasket gold medal, and their tenth in the last eleven tournaments. (Discuss the 2009 Afrobasket) Though that is certainly an impressive track record, Angola had their hands full with  small western coast country.  [...]

The prelimiary stage of the 2009 African Championships have finished (discuss).  Three nations Angola, Nigeria, and Senegal have moved onto the next round undefeated with three wins each.   Each team will play today in the quarterfinals. Nigeria was led by 24-year old Michael Efevberha’s 23 points, good for second in the field.  Efevberha also had [...]

Title: Afrobasket 2009 Location: Tripoli, Libya Official Site: http://libya2009.fiba.com Information: The 2009 Africa Nations Basketball Championships, or Afrobasket, starts in less than a week. The 25th Afrobasket (discuss) is being held August 5-15 in Tripoli, Libya. Teams participating include Libya (host), Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Congo, [...]

A New York Times article chronicles the journey of Alfred Aboya Baliaba, and how the native from Yaounde, Cameroon has elevated his game after coming to the United States, both on the court and off. “I owe everything to basketball,” Aboya told the New York Times in his native French. “Without basketball, I wouldn’t be [...]