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World Service,23 Aug 2025,26 mins
Mud wrestling and tent pegging: Africa’s unusual sports
The Fifth FloorAvailable for over a year
We take a look at some of the more unusual sports practiced on the African continent. Kelvin Kimathi recently travelled to Uganda where a muddy version of entertainment wrestling is becoming increasingly popular. Marcia Veiga discovered Capoeira Angola whilst finding a way to connect with her own Angolan heritage. Eshlin Vedan met the only black teenager in South Africa competing in tent pegging- a cavalry sport of ancient origin. Nitin Sultane reports for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Marathi and recently travelled to a village in Maharashtra where discarded fabric has been turned into paper for 700 years. This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ journalists from all around the world. This is an EcoAudio certified production. (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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