Deolu Akingbade Activity
It’s June 3, 2023. I am bound in a straitjacket, my mouth is gagged, and my hands are in cuffs. A bright light shines into my eyes, and a dark figure pops into my peripheral vision.A muffle escapes through the thick, harsh restraint that prevents me from...
I sit on a high mountain peak, criss-cross applesauce, waiting for an instruction. A response. Or even just a signal that he knows I’m here. Although the summit of the mountain I’m sitting on is small; a bit bigger than a dinner table; I feel woozy, like...
One of the perks of being a national team manager is the free time between international windows. You can go on a two-week-long vacation, manage another club, or even enjoy a game of Football Manager. But no. My assistant thuds a thick packet of fixt...
Anarchy in August and one malicious Marseille midfielderIt is August 25, 2021, and I have to pick from my Senegal squad. It does not seem too hard. I choose three goalkeepers, seven defenders, ten midfielders (40% who can count as wingers), and three forw...
Is it safe to say that Africa lacks a true dynasty? And by dynasty, I mean the Brazilian and Spanish squads of the 2000s conquering the world or Real Madrid in the 60s. Although Cameroon won back-to-back AFCON titles in 2000 and 2002, and Egypt topped the...
After Aliou Cisse led Senegal to an AFCON win and a World Cup berth, I went ten months back in time to try my hand at leading the Lions of Teranga.