Alex Owumi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and moved to the United States with his family at age eleven. He is one of seven children and in 2008 he graduated from Alcorn State University.
While at Alcorn State, he was twice named Most Valuable Player of the basketball team and served as team captain his senior year. In 2008, Owumi was unclaimed in the NBA draft, but later Alex followed his dream of being a professional basketball player first in France, later in the US minor leagues, Macedonia, Libya, Egypt, and most recently in England. Eventually he signed with Al-Nasr of Libya, a state-run athletic club privately funded by the family of then-Libyan president Muammar Qaddafi.
Alex’s tenure with Al-Nasr was interrupted by the Libyan uprising and resulting civil war. Imprisoned in his Benghazi apartment for more than 2 weeks with no food, phone, Internet, or hope, Alex wondered whether he would make it out of Libya alive. Despite his weakened condition and the dangers lurking in the city, he was able to escape Benghazi and flee the country. Smuggled to a refugee camp in Egypt, he was, much to his surprise, contacted by an Egyptian team seeking his services. And so, in a bizarre, storybook ending, Alex finished the year by helping lead the team to an unlikely league championship, earning Most Valuable Player honours in the process. Alex has spread his message to people all over the world and currently speaks at schools, churches, along with many other places. He currently lives in Worcester and spent the 2013 season playing professional basketball in England for the Worcester Wolves of the British Basketball League. Alex is also is also a full-time writer and is working on his new novel.
During his speaking engagements, Alex provides several inspirational and motivation points to students. His points leave students with the power to accomplish anything they want in life. Alex's speeches guarantee to uplift the mood of students and set them in the right direction to achieve any goal they have in mind.
Below is a video of Alex's Tedx Talk.
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