Tremendous Falcons ahead Uchenna Grace Kanu is about to unveil her debut memoir, Soccer, My Escape, on 2 December in Lagos.
The launch will happen on the MADHouse, UNILAG Lagoon Entrance, marking a serious milestone for one in all Nigeria’s most influential girls’s footballers.
The memoir presents an unfiltered and shifting account of Kanu’s journey from taking part in soccer within the streets of Aba to turning into a record-setting collegiate athlete in america and a worldwide determine within the sport.
It’s described as a narrative of “resilience, religion, and triumph,” capturing her childhood hardships, private battles and the life-changing position soccer has performed in shaping her path.
In keeping with an announcement issued forward of the occasion, Kanu stated: “This e-book is my fact, my journey, my struggles and my gratitude. I need younger ladies and boys throughout Africa to know that desires are legitimate, even when the world feels loud. Soccer saved me, and gave me an escape route, in addition to opened doorways I by no means imagined.”
The debut memoir
The Lagos launch, which is free and open to the general public, will function an interactive studying session, fireplace conversations on girls’s soccer and youth empowerment, a Q&A with followers, e-book signings, photograph alternatives and particular performances.
Following the disclosing, Kanu will proceed her outreach actions by way of the Uchenna Kanu Foundation, which can host its annual Finish-of-12 months Occasion on 13 December, in Umuahia, Abia State.
This 12 months’s version will give attention to youth empowerment, together with a soccer scholarship scheme, donations of sports activities kits and academic supplies, and mentorship classes led by Kanu.
The inspiration stays dedicated to selling schooling and increasing alternatives for women in sports activities, reflecting the Tremendous Falcons star’s deep-rooted dedication to giving again to her neighborhood.
