Episode 29 - African Friendship Games

History and Public Policy Program

The Friendship Games were an international competition organized by francophone African countries in the early 1960s. Later rechristened the All-African Games and recognized by the IOC, the competition became the first official Olympic sporting event for the African continent. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-29-the-african-friendship-games