When Hanson Boakai thinks back to the time when he first discovered his passion for soccer, he remembers not having shoes.
Born and raised, through early childhood, in the poverty-stricken West African republic of Guinea-Bissau, playing soccer was more than just a favourite pastime.
“It was all we ever did,” Boakai recalled, speaking to Goal Canada by telephone. “There was no hockey, there was no basketball—it was just soccer.”
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