Keeping this in view, who is the father of basketball in Nigeria?
Walid Zabadne
Likewise, who founded the NBA? New York
Similarly, you may ask, who introduced football to Nigeria?
By world war two, football was fully popular already. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria's first indigenous governor general and president had series of clubs across Nigeria called the Zips Athletic clubs. He took the best 11 of those clubs. He went to every major city and played with his team against local teams to raise money.
What is the history of basketball in Africa?
History. Introduced in Africa during the middle of the 20th century by missionaries and colonial administration, Basketball is today the second most popular sport on the continent. The managers of the first African National Federations expressed their desire of integrating FIBA, the world basketball governing body.
