Community Leader and African Advisory Council committee member Ambroise Ngande has helped to organize the African Nations Cup tournament in the shadow of Yankee Stadium since the beginning of the decade.
A competition which brings Africans from across the continent together for a six-week festival of soccer in Macomb’s Dam Park, it’s been a vital tool in quelling tensions in the borough in the annual buildup to Bronx Week.
This is Ambroise’s story…
In 2010, there were some issues in the Bronx between residents of public housing and Africans and the situation was becoming tense.