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Congolese in DRC, US Remember Muhammad Ali

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Admirers of Muhammad Ali in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — where one of his most famous fights, the Rumble in the Jungle, took place — are mourning the death last Friday of the former world heavyweight boxing champion and influential social activist. Franklin Katunda, a Congolese now living in the United States, was just 5 when his father took him to Tata Raphael Stadium in Kinshasa, the venue where challenger Ali faced off against undefeated world champion George Foreman. “We...

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