Liberia: From Ballon d’Or to the Battle Against Racism

I nearly dropped my coffee when I saw the headline. My hand trembled, the mug rattled against the saucer, and ripples spread across the dark liquid. The words glowing across my screen seemed both surreal and glorious:

“George Manneh Weah Appointed to Lead FIFA Anti-Racism Task Force.”

In that instant, my heart pounded with the same rhythm I felt as a young sportswriter in Monrovia, chasing stories at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium and the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex. Back then, George Oppong…