Bobson Sesay (photo) is a soccer player and general sports lover. Born in Port Loko in the north of Sierra Leone, has been living in Vancouver, Canada for about two decades.
He is a private businessman and Vice President of the highly visible African-Canadian Soccer and Cultural Asssocitation (ACSCA), one of the leading African associations in the city.
I talked to Bobson earlier this week and asked him to tell our readers about preparations for tomorrow ACSCA awards night and dinner at the Burnaby Banquet Hall at Edmonds street. I also asked for his opinion the current status of African soccer players in Canada, soccer in Sierra Leone and his experiences as Vice President of ACSCA.
With enthusiasm and excitement Bobson said every African in British Columbia and beyond should come to Burnaby’s Diamond Banquet Hall tomorrow night (Saturday, May 28) to witness what he described as one of the greatest events to be organized by one of the the leading, if not the leading African association in the province, bringing together representatives of most of the countries in Africa. Awards will be given to Africans that have excelled in various walks of life including sports, business, community service and so on in an atmosphere vibrating with the latest African sounds and fanned with the aroma of the best in African cuisine.
Bobson, a father of two, said he learnt a lot of things when he acted for a couple of months as Vice President of ACSCA in the absence of ACSCA president Patrick Obaze who was out of the country.
"I discovered how tough it can be to lead a group of people from different countries, with different personalities. One needs to be extremely patient but firm and also humble, at all times," he observed.
On soccer in Sierra Leone, Bobson, who was himself a Leone Stars player, lamented the recent conflict between coach Christian Cole and Paul Kamara the current Sports minister.
"I hear the conflict has been resolved and theat Cole is now working as assistant to the foreign coach appointed by the minister. That’s good news for soccer in Sierra Leone," he said.
He revealed that he plans to share his knowlede and experience in soccer when he returns home ina few years. He is currently taking courses related to soccer at a local university (SFU) while also studying a for a FIFA coaching license. He said African soccer players in Canada and elsewhere have shown remarkable improvement in both performance and discipline and that many of them are now going into professional soccer, making the continent a force to reckon with in world soccer.
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