CLOSE-UP: Rena Wakama, the first female coach to win Afrobasket title

Among the confetti drizzling as D’Tigress celebrated their 2023 Women’s Afrobasket title were shards of glass ceilings of history.Senegal 84-74 in the final and secured Nigeria’s place as only the second country to win the women’s Afrobasket title four times in a row.Similarly, Rena Wakama, D’Tigress head coach, became the first female coach to win the competition since its inception in 1966.She is a refreshing change to male dominance of women’s basketball in Africa after 57 years.

Wakama has two sisters, Yvonne and Mina, and attended Wake Forest high school in North Carolina. Her love for basketball started at a tender age and was inspired by Onimisi Aiyede, her cousin, who was her partner in crime. “I knew that was my journey; I knew I had more impact organising a team. Even while we were in Cameroon with the girls, I just knew exactly what I wanted to do with my career; that’s my calling, that’s my passion, and I had to follow it. When God puts something in your heart, you have to follow it. I wanted to start early.”Wakama then moved to Manhattan College and served as the director of women’s basketball operations for her first two years at the institution.

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