Dalton Higgins’s third book Hip Hop World articulates the impact of globalization on youth culture. His forthcoming book "Fatherhood 4.0: iDad Applications Across Cultures" captures his next obsession, Daddyhood.
Dalton Higgins: Elder Worship
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Ethiopia's Only Athlete in the Winter Olympics: Robel Teklemariam is a One-Man Show



Robel Teklemariam was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, but his family moved to New York when he was young because his mother took a job at the United Nations. While there, he went to a school in upstate New York where skiing was taught.
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"Snow Leopard" Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is Ghana's first Winter Olympics Competitor




Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong "Snow Leopard"
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, who moved to the United Kingdom in 2000, only took up the sport two years ago when he got a job as a receptionist at a skiing centre in Milton Keynes.
"When I started, people poked fun at me and never took me seriously"
"I think Africans have a good chance of making it in skiing because of our physical structure. The only thing we have to overcome is the cold." Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong
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