With Badu Sports and the Badu Community, Nana Badu is on a mission to empower young people through sports and mentoring. Sharing his story that saw him move to the UK from Ghana aged 10 and face social exclusion throughout his childhood, Nana explains how sport motivated him, helped him to understand his worth and gave him a direction. Today he is using the lessons he learned through sport to mentor young people in east London, to stay on the right path and achieve their goals.
Nana Badu
Nana Badu is founder of Badu Sports & Badu Community, providing top quality PE specialists, who mentor and develop the children and young people we work with, while simultaneously extending their learning on matters both within and beyond the classroom walls. At Badu Community he and his team support the transition young people go through during critical stages of their lives, starting from primary age and working with them as individuals as well as working with their families.
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Highlights
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, visiting Badu Sports
Nana speaking to some of his students on the pitch
Football is just one of the many sports that Badu Sports teach
Lockdown scrapbook
WHAT IS A BOOK THAT HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFE?
Leading by Sir Alex Ferguson.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING IN LOCKDOWN?
SWAT, Sky one.
WHAT IS YOUR LOCKDOWN SOUNDTRACK?
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye: Keep Your Head Up – 2Pac; Ye – Burna Boy; Aben Wo Aha – Daddy Lumba; Go Crazy – Chris Brown.
Have a listen to the Change Makers Lockdown Playlist.
IN ONE SENTENCE, DESCRIBE YOUR NEW NORMAL.
Taking time to appreciate what is around me but striving for scale up and a new narrative.
WHO IS YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION AND WHY?
See the change in confidence about life, when people are inspired.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST TIP FOR LIFE ?
“The dream is free, the hustle is sold separately.”
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