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AFRICA HAS A DEEP-ROOTED LEGACY IN THE NBA and provided star names in the past such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Manute Bol and Luol Deng. This year, we got to see a new crop of players with ties to the continent, who have set their sights on fame and glory on the court. Here they are:

CHRISTIAN KOLOKO

Koloko became the first Cameroonian selected in the NBA draft since Toronto's Pascal Siakam in 2016 and is the third highest drafted player from the Central African

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