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Peter Benson is professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University, the author of Black Orpheus, Transition, and Modern Cultural Awakening in Africa, and an avid boxing fan.
No man ever came out of Africa who had a more dramatic life or had
a more tragic ending." - Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, at Siki's
funeral
"That extraordinary Sengalese." - Henry Miller, from Plexus
"Ever since colonialism has existed, the Whites have been paid to
bash in the faces of the Blacks. For once a Black has been paid to
do the same thing to a White." - Ho Chi Minh, from About Siki
"One of the most comprehensive and intriguing boxing biographies in
recent memory, and deserves high marks for refurbishing the image
of a worthwhile and worthy champion." - Peter Ehrmann, The Ring
"Has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy set in the Roaring
Twenties." - Thomas Hauser, author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and
Times
"A tremendous book and useful to understanding race, sports, and
crime in the 1920s." - Sport History Review
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