One shoe. A gold medal for Nigeria. And, years later, a role in the country’s first military coup. Emmanuel Ifeajuna’s story sounds like two different people’s lives joined together, but it was the same man. In 1954, he made history in Vancouver. By 1966, he was an army major involved in the coup in Lagos. The next year, he was executed while serving on the Biafran side. This is his story, told through real historical photographs. Watch the full video—then tell me: how should Nigeria remember him?
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