The poor quarter of Etoudi pulsates with life as the sun begins to set. In the center of the neighborhood, taxis are honking their way down the main road, barely missing the street vendors who are playing cards under umbrellas. And on an elevated plateau, children selling goods are watching a basketball game unfold on the chipped concrete. Read more...

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Hans is an 18-year-old point guard who dreams about playing for the Portland Trail Blazers. But his window of opportunity is closing ““ an issue that Hans is well aware of.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon "”mdash; It's Holiday, and Biliga Marvel Bemelingue does not have school. Read more...

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Biliga Marvel Bemelingue sits in his home in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The 14-year-old has dreams of receiving a university education while playing collegiate basketball, and hopes to one day become an architect.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon ­­"”mdash; Tedd Ray Bitsegui Ambassa is sitting comfortably in an oversized leather chair in a hotel room with two reporters, carefully narrating the story of his life. Read more...

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Tedd Ray Bitsegui Ambassa, of Yaoundé, Cameroon, has been playing basketball for more than a decade. Although Bitsegui had yearlong bouts playing in Bosnia and Morocco and spent four years on the Cameroon national team, his aspirations to play professionally never became reality. He now co-coaches a junior team.