Ange Kouame remembers being in his home one day, watching on TV as Andray Blatche and Gilas Pilipinas competed in an international meet.
“I was watching, I think, the qualification for World Cup, if I’m not mistaken,” Kouame said. “And I saw kuya Blatche playing against Canada, if I’m not mistaken. So from that point on, I was ‘Oh, I hope one day I’d [get to play internationally].”
He’s going to get a chance soon.
President Duterte recently signed into law Kouame’s citizenship, making the Ateneo center eligible to represent the country in international meets. But even before things were official, Kouame already lived and breathed—and tasted—Filipino.
He’s al…
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