Former NBA player Carmelo Anthony offers scholarship to 7-foot-tall 15-year-old South Sudanese wrestler

Former NBA player Carmelo Anthony offers scholarship to 7-foot-tall 15-year-old South Sudanese wrestler

Standing at 7 feet tall, South Sudanese teenager Manyang Awer-Angui has attracted global attention as one of the world’s tallest 15-year-olds. A traditional wrestler competing at the APT Wrestling Ground in Sherikat, Juba, Awer-Angui, is competing against men twice his age. Awer-Angui is from the Dinka tribe of South Sudan. He is said to be one of the shorter members of his family. JDM, a platform that describes itself as ‘your go-to platform fo…