Breaking: WATCH LIVE: Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies on Capitol Hill
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Sefolosha to take part in BWB Africa camp in Angola

By Chris Vivlamore
Aug 23, 2016

Thabo Sefolosha will be one of several NBA players who will take part in the league’s Basketball without Borders Africa camp which will be held in Angola this year. The Hawks forward will join a group that includes the Magic’s Bismack Biyombo, the Suns’ Eric Bledsoe, the Clippers’ Luc Mbah a Moute, the Mavericks’ Salah Mejri and the Hornets’ Cody Zeller.

The camp, in partnership with the International Basketball Federation, will host 87 boys and girls from 27 African countries in Angola from Aug. 31-Sept. 3. It is the first BWB Africa camp to held in Angola.

This is the 15th anniversary of the NBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program. BWB Asia was held in Melbourne, Australia in June and BWB Europe will be held in Lohja, Finland in September.

The players will be joined in Angola by NBA Global Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo, former NBA players Charlie Bell, Jason Collins and Olumide Oyedeji and former WNBA players Astou Ndiaye-Diatta and Jenn Lacy.

About the Author

Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

Follow Chris Vivlamore on twitter
More Stories

Keep Reading

Hawks television analyst Dominique Wilkins (left), along with play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun, will call all three exhibition games. (David Zalubowski/AP 2021)

Credit: AP

FanDuel Sports to air three Hawks exhibition games

The Atlanta Hawks open their exhibition season on the road against the Houston Rockets on Oct. 6, airing at 8 p.m. EST on FanDuel Sports Network.

Hawks deal former first-round pick to Nets

Kobe Bufkin struggled to find consistent playing time due to several injuries during his first two years in the league.

Former Hawks center Jason Collins undergoing treatment for brain tumor

Jason Collins — a former Atlanta Hawks player and the league’s first openly gay athlete — is being treated for a brain tumor, the NBA said.

The Latest

Hawks television analyst Dominique Wilkins (left), along with play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun, will call all three exhibition games. (David Zalubowski/AP 2021)

Credit: AP

FanDuel Sports to air three Hawks exhibition games

Hawks deal former first-round pick to Nets

Former Hawks center Jason Collins undergoing treatment for brain tumor

Featured

Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

Credit: NYT

Fani Willis loses last chance to stay at the helm of Trump Georgia election interference case

Georgia's top court declines to hear Fani Willis appeal in Trump case, meaning she can no longer pursue the election interference case.

Investigator: Ex-APD officer raped woman on duty, returned when she called 911

Fulton County Magistrate Judge Todd Ashley ruled there was enough evidence for the case to proceed against former officer Muhammad Muhammad.

Cobb County agency green lights tax break for Home Depot’s $140M project

The Development Authority of Cobb County voted 6-0 to give initial approval for Home Depot's request Tuesday but didn't disclose the property tax savings the company sought.