Global Sports Conversations - Episode with Pops Mensah-Bonsu

In today’s episode of the Global Sport Conversations podcast, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff exchanges with General Manager of the Capitol City Go-Go and former Team Great Britain and professional basketball player Pops Mensah-Bonsu about his career and being at the front lines of the intersection of basketball and diplomacy. Key questions they explore include: how was Pops inspired to a career in the game? In what ways did the people-to-people knowledge exchanges involved in basketball diplomacy help him integrate into local communities in different cultures around the world, and how did the elements of race and identity (sometimes multiple identities) play a role? What was it like representing Team Great Britain in the London 2012 Olympics? And why is he excited about the forthcoming NBA-FIBA Basketball Africa League and the future of global basketball?

Learn more about Pops’ career: https://www.okayafrica.com/in-conversation-pops-mensah-bonsu-gm-capital-city-go-go/

Follow Pops on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pops

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About the Global Sport Conversations Podcast

Sport is a key driver of globalization focusing attention on issues that transcend national boundaries. It’s a story fed by history, culture, race and identity, technology, business, international relations, and more, one that is also being shaped by topical debates and ethical issues of today’s news cycles.

But in a rapidly changing global sports world, how do various stakeholders come to and interact with sports beyond the game? How do they experience the intersection of sports and diplomacy and governance? What are key take-aways from careers across the global sports spectrum that inform our understanding of our world today? These critical questions and more are the themes explored in our Global Sport Conversations Podcast series.