Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries

Boubacar Coulibaly (part 1)

Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries

Show Notes

Boubacar Coulibaly discusses how the African community has changed since he has been in New Zealand. References growth, creating an ethnic soccer tournament in the 90’s, Somalia and Rwanda war and Zimbabwe bringing increasing immigration leading to African soccer competition.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH_1543_004.

Photograph by Bahati, Synthia. Boubocar Coulibaly, 2025. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1966-005.

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