Congolese basketball players in the U.S.

Congolese basketball players in the U.S.
Congolese basketball players in the U.S.

Congolese basketball players in the U.S.

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Sarah Kazadi is a freelance journalist and producer at the CBS Sports Network. In summer 2012, she interned in her native country of Congo. There, she learned of a basketball club helping two young Congolese women achieve their dream of studying in the U.S. Recently, Sarah published an article about these two women in Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She tells Worldview how these women made it from Congo to the basketball courts of Arizona Western College.