Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
bobsledlatest news & developments
Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana practices during Men’s Skeleton training ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Sliding Centre on February 7, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

How Chadwick Boseman inspired Africa’s first black skeleton racer

Inspired by Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of King T’Challa in ‘Black Panther’, Akwasi Frimpong set out to make his look, and impact, rich, black and cross-cultural

  • Tolu Olasoji, The Continent
4 min read