Be born left-handed in Africa, and it’s most likely you are going to be forced to be right-handed when growing up. In some instances, children are beaten to follow the presumed right-hand style of writing which is rather unfortunate.
Today, roughly 11% of the world’s population is left-handed with it being very common among twins.
Also known as left-handers, lefties or even southpaws, Face2Face Africa highlights 9 famous black people who are lefties to show that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being unconventional.