'I’m a champion boxer, but couldn’t tell my mum' - BBC Africa

Ramla Ali is a champion British-Somali boxer and has achieved more than most people do in a lifetime - but she's had to fight at every step. 🥊⁣ She was just a baby when her older brother was killed by a stray grenade in the garden of their home in Mogadishu during the Somali civil war. ⁣⁣ Fearing for their lives, her parents fled the country, making a perilous boat crossing to Kenya, where Ramla almost died.⁣ The family eventually settled in London. Growing up, she was bullied and struggled with her weight. Hoping to build her confidence, her mother signed her up to a gym, where she discovered a boxercise class. Soon she was boxing at every opportunity.⁣ Knowing her parents would not approve, she kept it a secret - even as she began winning national titles and becoming one of the best boxers in the UK.⁣ She would go on to help reinstate boxing in Somalia, where the sport had been banned since 1976. She won an international gold medal for the country, and became the first Somali boxer to compete at the Olympics.⁣ Click link https://bit.ly/46D9hGq to watch Ramla tell her story.⁣ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/