An often mocked phenomenon, superstition in sport is very widespread. Spells, washings and voodoo rituals of disenchantment occupy the lives of all African athletes. But why are there so few sports psychologists in Africa when shamans and marabouts are legion?
With Narcisse Tinkeu Nguimgou, physical trainer of the Cameroonian national football teams and mental coach of the Cameroonian national volleyball and MMA teams.
“Africa at Games” is also:
1 woman/1 destiny – “The portrait” of an inspiring woman with Hassiba Boulmerka, legend of Algerian Olympics and sport.
1 photo/1 story – Nigeria, winner of the 1996 Olympic football tournament in Atlanta, with Paul Dietschy, professor of contemporary history at the University of Franche-Comté and associate researcher at the Sciences Po History Center.