In part 1 of the Cleats & Sneaks sit‑down with Pistoia Basket 2000 basketball player Ife Ajayi, Ife, a Nigerian-American from Southern California names his favorite television show, dives deep on Nigerian dishes and where he finds them in Europe.  
  
Ife also discusses his move from Abuja. Nigeria to America when he was a kid and how shocked he was to see the availability of clean water and electricity in the U.S.    
  
This is the beginning of Ife’s basketball story — from Nigeria to California to Europe.  
  
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Pro Hooper Ife Ajayi: From Nigeria to Europe — Favorite Show, Foods & Early American Life (Part 1)