Yomi Ejikunle is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville. Yomi’s research interests lie at the intersection of Nigerian history, anti-apartheid activism within the Olympic movement, sports diplomacy, and public history. Yomi is currently working on his dissertation, which interrogates the sporting relations between Nigeria and the United States through the lenses of Pan-Africanism and Cold War diplomacy.
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