Today I will tell you about an amazing person who lived his life to the top.\xa0 It\u2019s an interesting life with high and low points, with obstacles which were overcome leading towards an eventual spiral into disaster\u2026but in the end, redemption and glory.\nAbebe Bikila was the first black African to win a gold medal at the Olympics, winning the Mens Marathon in Rome which he completed barefoot!\nThe headlines in the Newspapers and on the radio proclaimed the fact that it had taken an entire Italian army to conquer Ethiopia, but only one Ethiopian soldier to conquer Rome!\nLinks:\n\n\nThe song \u201cSalala\u201d was by Angelique Kidjo; with background vocals by Peter Gabriel.