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DR Congo’s albino wrestling hero dies at 54

DR Congo’s albino wrestling hero dies at 54

Alphonse Mwimba Makiese, DR Congo’s wrestling champion who campaigned for fellow albinos facing stigma, was lauded Monday for his work fighting discrimination following his death at 54. Makiese, whose sporting nom de bataille was ‘Texas’, died Sunday in Kinshasa after a year-long illness, close associate Lucien Dianzenza said. Always clad in his trademark red garb, […]