African Sports Monthly Mar, 2015 | Page 61

And now for the big question There were an average of 15,000 attendance across the 32 matches at the 2015 Afcon, was there any case of Ebola contamination? I was in the central African country throughout the 21-day competition and visited all four host cities more than once. No Ebola anywhere, according to the country’s health authorities. The excitement, expectations, entertainment and involvement quickly squashed the fear of Ebola and liberated footballer lovers from the yoke of discrimination and distrust to celebrate the continent’s most cherished sport. As health workers keep fighting to contain the spread of Ebola, and as pharmaceutical companies round off trial tests for drugs and vaccines against Ebola, football has done its best to defeat those who want to scare us away from being together like ever. Estadio De Bata: One of Equatorial Guinea’s prized Soccer Stadiums which aided their 11th hour rescue of the 2015 African Cup of Nations Tournament when Morocco stepped aside over fears of the Ebola epidemic that ravaged much of the Mano River Union countries Title of Ebook 4