Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Biography
Content: Disability, Economic Struggle
Settings: Africa, Ghana, Western Africa
Ethnicity: Ghanaian
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American
Religion: Christian
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary