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Tag: Cycling in Africa

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    Starting a Cycling Culture in East Africa
    Road cycling

    How do you introduce professional cycling to an area of the world that has absolutely no cycling tradition? If you’re Mikel Delagrange, the founder of the Dutch-African partnership Amani, you sponsor high-profile races and bring in professional cyclists.

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    A Short History of Cycling Outside the West
    Socialising and Culture

    When the bicycle first sailed the ocean to Asian and African countries, it didn’t make a good impression. On the contrary: the weird two-wheeled object was perceived as a suspicious thing imported by the not-so-beloved Western colonialists.