Muhammad Ali shocked the world by beating George Foreman in Zaire in 1974. Ali, bomaye! Ali, bomaye! 60,000 Zairois chanted "Ali, kill him" as he stepped into the ring against the heavily favored ...
The chant “Ali, bomaye” (“Ali, kill him”) became ubiquitous around the fight. Attempts to attract attention to Zaire and Africa worked – the fight was watched by as many as one billion ...