Marie-Antoinette Katoto: Focused and Fierce

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Marie-Antoinette Katoto trusts her heart and her instincts on the field, letting them carry her towards the goal. This is how she’s helped her team win tournaments and championships and become the top scorer year after year. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Joy Smith with sound design and mixing by Bianca Salinas. It was written by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Anita Kavuu-Ng'ang'a. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	Hey Rebels, have you heard the latest?
0:03.3	Rebel Girls has a new book coming out called Rebel Girls Rock, 25 Tales of Women in Music.
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0:16.4	The women in Rebel Girls Rock come from all over the world, sharing new sounds, daring
0:21.8	lyrics, and wild hope.
0:24.2	Be the forward from Rockstar Joan Jett, original artwork and companion audio stories, this book
0:30.6	is sure to be a hit.
0:32.4	So start practicing your Do-Ray Mies because Rebel Girls Rock is going to rock your world.
0:38.8	Pre-order your copy today at Amazon or anywhere you purchase books.
0:51.6	Once upon a time there was a girl in France named Marie Antoinette.
0:57.3	Not the Marie Antoinette from French history, with all the huge, roughly ball gowns and
1:03.3	bedazzled hairdos.
1:07.4	This Marie Antoinette was too busy sprinting and dribbling to wear frills and jewels.
1:13.7	This Marie Antoinette was making history though, as one of the all-time greatest wars in
1:22.1	soccer.
1:26.6	It all started in 1998, in a little suburb of Paris known as Colombe.
1:34.0	That's where Marie Antoinette Cototto was born, surrounded by winding streets, majestic
1:41.9	old buildings, and the famous Eve Dumannois Sports Stadium, where the Olympics were held
1:48.2	many years ago.
1:50.4	Marie felt the pull of that stadium from the time she was a little kid.
1:55.8	She knew some of the greatest athletes in the world had touched this ground, running,
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