Rugby League in Rwanda
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It’s amazing how western clothes find their way around the world.
The Manchester United jersey is perhaps the most well-traveled and easy to spot, appearing across South America, Latin America and Africa. I have vague memories of seeing Manchester United T-shirts when I spent a week in Angola in 2003 writing stories for the Western Morning News.
So you can imagine my delight when Dave, currently filming a documentary in Rwanda, sent this photograph of a boy in the capital Kigali wearing a jersey of my favorite team, Leeds Rugby League. With UK teams changing their kit so frequently it’s a wonder there isn’t a charity that concentrates solely on sending old kits overseas.
2 Comments
January 5th, 2007 at 9:55 am
I can indeed!!
January 9th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Paul, the BBC does annual collection and they then distribute them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/sport/shirtamnesty04_send.shtml