About this book
On 10 September 1960, Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian, won the Rome Olympic marathon running barefoot. Overnight he became a sporting hero, an African hero. Four years later in Tokyo, he repeated his success. This would make for a good story alone but Bikila was a man of his times, a symbol of hope in the new Africa.
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Runners (Sports)BiographyMarathon running
About the author
Tim Judah
31 Mar 1962
Tim Judah (born 31 March 1962) is a British writer, reporter and political analyst for *The Economist*. Judah has written several books on the geopolitics of the Balkans, mainly focusing on Serbia and Kosovo.
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