Muctar Bassie: Fighting Para-Football Stigma

Muctar Bassie: Fighting Para-Football Stigma

The high waves recede a little in the afternoon, leaving the beach a few additional meters of surface area. It’s not much, but it’s enough for an improvised soccer field for Muctar Bassie and his teammate Alie Kamara. The golden brown sand of Tokeh Beach, about ten kilometers south of the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown, is still a little damp in some places, but firm enough to step on and soft enough not to worry about falling. The heavy clouds…