:20:00
'When we saw that America was at war
with a Third World country, Vietnam,
:20:06
'and that one of the children
of the United States said
:20:10
'"Me? You want me to go
and fight against the Viet Cong?"
:20:14
'"Why should I fight against them?
They haven't hurt me."
:20:19
'And for us, it was extraordinary to
see that in the America of that time
:20:24
'someone could take such a position.
:20:27
'He may have lost his title,
he may have lost millions of dollars
:20:32
'but he gained
the esteem of millions of Africans.'
:20:35
(Crowd chanting) Ali! Ali! Ali!
:20:42
What is your population?
:20:45
(Man translates into French)
:20:47
- 22 million.
- 22 million?
:20:50
- 22 million.
- How many George Foreman fans here?
:20:54
(Translates)
:20:56
- (Laughter)
- We don't know, we don't know.
:20:59
- How many Muhammad Ali?
- So many we cannot count them.
:21:03
(Laughter)
:21:05
(Bowens' translator) 'George Foreman?
We had heard he was a world champion.
:21:10
'We thought he was white, then
we realised he was black, like Ali.
:21:16
'But still, for us,
Foreman represented America.
:21:20
'He arrived with a dog,
a German shepherd,
:21:23
'which immediately offended Africans
:21:26
'since the Belgians
had used them as police dogs.'
:21:30
(Reporter) Ali said you're
the out-of-towner here.
:21:33
Africa is the cradle of civilisation,
everybody's home is Africa.