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Deaf basketball kings and queens eye continental glory

Rehab Wangeci and Cristine Nafula of Kenya Deaf team train at Nyayo Gymnasium on February 24 2016. She is preparing for the Africa Deaf Games to be held in April in Nairobi. Photo Mohammed Amin.

The national deaf basketball teams have intensified training ahead of the upcoming All Africa Deaf Games (AADG) to be held in Kenya from April 14 to 26.

This will be the first time such continental games will be held. The national teams, popularly known as Deaf kings and queens, will be competing against other nations from Africa to be crowned the first AADG basketball champions.

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