Liberia has never had a bigger star than George Weah, who was elected President with a landslide on Thursday. During his playing days, he was voted World Football Player of the Year once, and three times as Africa’s best. A football enthusiast who has watched videos of Weah playing tells me his footballing skills were simply out of this world. Weah would have won the Liberian presidency years ago if he was not severely impeded by a vicious campaign by opponents that he was illiterate. I have never understood why, when I kicked the ball, it went up in the air rather than go at goal.

Source: Daily Nation December 30, 2017 19:36 UTC