In 2014, Equatorial
Guinea striker Genoveva Anonma made the headlines when she called for the 2015
African Cup of Nations to be cancelled to avoid spreading the Ebola virus to
her home country.
According
to BBC , during an interview, she reveals the horrendous
treatment from the authorities of the African football. Her most disturbing and
heartbreaking memory was of an incident following the 2008 African Women’s
Championship.
Immediately after the final, a match hat saw Anonma score the
game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over South Africa — tournament officials
acted on accusations from opposing teams that she was not actually a woman.
Rather
than instigate proper medical gender tests — which is bizarre enough, but
standard procedure, apparently, because gender accusations are commonplace
in women’s soccer in some parts of the world, AƱonma was forced to strip
naked to prove her gender.
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