George Weah: The footballing president

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

George Weah, former World Footballer of the Year and star of AC Milan, Chelsea and Monaco, was elected president of Liberia in a landslide victory just over a year ago. Having been raised in one of Liberia’s worst slums, many saw him as a man who understood the needs of the poor. But some now doubt that he will deliver on campaign promises to help lift people out of poverty. Mike Thomson, who was granted a rare interview with the President, reports from Monrovia.

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0:32.8	from motoc, kittel.
0:34.8	Yeah, jovia,
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0:40.4	Here in Monrovia on a bright and sultry Saturday morning,
0:44.6	President George Weyer's blue-clad football team
0:48.0	is taking on a local side.
0:50.3	Switch.
0:51.3	Get a bad to him.
0:52.1	Yeah, that's it.
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