Azumah Nelson: The Afro-Brazilian descendant who is Ghana's greatest boxer ever

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Atiabia 1 year ago

How did Azumah Nelson, someone from Zuarungu in Upper East become a descendant of Bahia?

How did Azumah Nelson, someone from Zuarungu in Upper East become a descendant of Bahia?
9 1 year ago

He's name is Samuel Azumah Nelson. He is Ga of Bahia Afro Brazilian lineage. i know of a Ghanaians with names such as Ngozi which is Nigerian but they are pure Ghana. One Alhagi Egala contested Presidential elections in Ghana ...
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He's name is Samuel Azumah Nelson. He is Ga of Bahia Afro Brazilian lineage. i know of a Ghanaians with names such as Ngozi which is Nigerian but they are pure Ghana. One Alhagi Egala contested Presidential elections in Ghana. Egala is a Nigerian name form Kogi State. He too was Ghanaian. Is Nelson not a common name in Ga areas. In southern Ghana, is Samuel not a common name. so why choose one third of the name he bears and proffer his origins. Samuel Nelson is true Ga name. the Azumah can be relegated. keep it.
P Djamgbe 1 year ago

We, the youth of Ghana say YES to LGBT and same sex marriage.

We, the youth of Ghana say YES to LGBT and same sex marriage.
Vasco 1 year ago

Ofui

Ofui
Mr. YES 1 year ago

AZUMA NESON IS FROM UPPER EAST REGION ZUARUNGU TO BE PRECISE. WHY HAVE THESE GA PEOPLE TURN INTO OPPORTUNISTS TRYING TO REEP WHERE THEY HAVE NOT SOWN. TETTEH QUARSGIE WAS FROM AKUAPIM YET YOU WANTED HIM TO BE A GA BY FORC ...
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AZUMA NESON IS FROM UPPER EAST REGION ZUARUNGU TO BE PRECISE. WHY HAVE THESE GA PEOPLE TURN INTO OPPORTUNISTS TRYING TO REEP WHERE THEY HAVE NOT SOWN. TETTEH QUARSGIE WAS FROM AKUAPIM YET YOU WANTED HIM TO BE A GA BY FORCE AND NOW AZUMAH NELSON.. ATAA AYI AND NUNGUA GBORBU WULOMO THE PEDOPHILE
ARE THE REAL GA HEROES STICK TO THEM AND STOP MESSING AROUND OTHER TRIBES.
Kweku Tsin 1 year ago

Tetteh Quarshie is from Teshie. His mom is from Labadi per his wikipedia page. If you have any contradicting facts put it up or shut up. Gas don't have to claim Azumah. His family have been part of Accra. Gas do not have to c ...
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Tetteh Quarshie is from Teshie. His mom is from Labadi per his wikipedia page. If you have any contradicting facts put it up or shut up. Gas don't have to claim Azumah. His family have been part of Accra. Gas do not have to claim Azumah for boxing credit. About 90 percent of Ghana boxing world title record holders are Gas from Accra FACT..The remaining 10 percent have to be affiliated with Gas to get there. Boxing is in Ga DNA and culture . Even the ring side language is Ga. If Azumah's family had settled outside of GREATER ACCRA, he wouldn't have never been a boxer.
Don 1 year ago

P djamgbe the foolish verandah boy of NDC.
U will never no peace.
Kwasiapanin baa

P djamgbe the foolish verandah boy of NDC.
U will never no peace.
Kwasiapanin baa
Ex-Pope 1 year ago

Ignorance is a curable disease. Just because Egala happens to be a name used in Nigeria doesn't mean that the name isn't also indigenous to Ghana. There are many Ghanaian names that are common also in the Cameroons and Kenya, ...
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Ignorance is a curable disease. Just because Egala happens to be a name used in Nigeria doesn't mean that the name isn't also indigenous to Ghana. There are many Ghanaian names that are common also in the Cameroons and Kenya, or that matter across many other countries in Africa, and that has nothing to do with migration. What proof do you have to support your bogus claim that the late Egala and his ancestors are not originally from Ghana? There are towns, villages and cities in Ghana that have names similar to names of towns and cities in the Congo, so will you claim also these Ghanaian towns and cities adopted their names from the Congo?
Kwaa 1 year ago

Yes see ooo, in Serbia which is former Yugoslavia,people are named Darko, which we all know is also a name in Ghana too.

Yes see ooo, in Serbia which is former Yugoslavia,people are named Darko, which we all know is also a name in Ghana too.
Ex-Pope 1 year ago

You claim Samuel Nelson are true Ga names, so can you state the meanings of those two names? What person in their right mind will take two obroni names and claim those names are true Ga names just because those names have com ...
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You claim Samuel Nelson are true Ga names, so can you state the meanings of those two names? What person in their right mind will take two obroni names and claim those names are true Ga names just because those names have come to be used by some Ghanaians? So what claim will you come up with next, that Christianity or Islam began in Ghana?
Emelia 1 year ago

I am Ga from OSU and I have two English names.

I am Ga from OSU and I have two English names.
Kweku Tsin 1 year ago

Gas are in a class of their own and don't need your permission to determine what their culture is . Every bastard in Kumasi is called Kwesi, Kwame, Kwadwo, based on the day of birth... Do those names have any meanings. If we ...
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Gas are in a class of their own and don't need your permission to determine what their culture is . Every bastard in Kumasi is called Kwesi, Kwame, Kwadwo, based on the day of birth... Do those names have any meanings. If we go by your stupid Analogy then president Kuffuor and KKD are not Asantes because part of their lineage is from the north. Serwa Amihere cannot be an Asante because her mom is a Ga.. You can tell the difference because she doesn't look like a bush woman.
Basuglo 1 year ago

The Nigerians is Igala, is a tribe in Kogi State not name. Alhaji Imoru Egala is a full blown Sissaala Man from Pieng in the Sissaala East of the Upper West Region

The Nigerians is Igala, is a tribe in Kogi State not name. Alhaji Imoru Egala is a full blown Sissaala Man from Pieng in the Sissaala East of the Upper West Region
The Spear 1 year ago

In fact, there's Egala, too, and it has nothing to do with the equivalent in Ghana, just like there's Odoom in Nigeria as in Ghana despite they both have nothing to do with each other.

Different traditional (Indigenous) l ...
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In fact, there's Egala, too, and it has nothing to do with the equivalent in Ghana, just like there's Odoom in Nigeria as in Ghana despite they both have nothing to do with each other.

Different traditional (Indigenous) languages we use in Africa are the reason there are name coincidences. Some of the names may have meanings in some tribes or countries whilst in others, the same names may have no meanings.
Bobby Stones 1 year ago

You have their other compatriots in Togo, going by the D'Zousa, Amorine and I believe to an extent the Olympio families. There are many of them along the West African coast.

You have their other compatriots in Togo, going by the D'Zousa, Amorine and I believe to an extent the Olympio families. There are many of them along the West African coast.
Kwasi Ametewee 1 year ago

So?

So?
Kwaa 1 year ago

Ask again oooo

Ask again oooo
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AK 1 year ago

Lol, Azumah Nelson is not a northern neither does he come from Upper East. Your source is misleading you

Lol, Azumah Nelson is not a northern neither does he come from Upper East. Your source is misleading you
ROCK 1 year ago

IF TETTEH QUARSHIE WAS GA BECAUSE OF HIS NAME THEN AZUMA NELSON IS FROM THE UPPER EAST REGION WHERE THE NAME AZUMA IS THEIR TRADITIONAL NAME.

IF TETTEH QUARSHIE WAS GA BECAUSE OF HIS NAME THEN AZUMA NELSON IS FROM THE UPPER EAST REGION WHERE THE NAME AZUMA IS THEIR TRADITIONAL NAME.
Kweku Tsin 1 year ago

Look even Partey was given a Muslim name. Azuma Nelson aside quite a few Gas have adopted muslen names due to tuba, but that does not change the naming structure for the rest of the family.

Look even Partey was given a Muslim name. Azuma Nelson aside quite a few Gas have adopted muslen names due to tuba, but that does not change the naming structure for the rest of the family.
Jato Julor Rawlings 1 year ago

Who Wrote That Bullshit Of An Ananse Story?

Who wrote that bullshit of an Ananse story ?

Azumah Nelson, an Afro-Brazilian descendant ? Is that Zany, who wrote that Anansie story an under-aged gaga, or a wacky Brazilian ...
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Who Wrote That Bullshit Of An Ananse Story?

Who wrote that bullshit of an Ananse story ?

Azumah Nelson, an Afro-Brazilian descendant ? Is that Zany, who wrote that Anansie story an under-aged gaga, or a wacky Brazilian ?
Jato Julor Rawlings 1 year ago

For all those who have no clues about the dude called Azumah Nelson, he is never denied his nothern origin even when he became a World champion. Though he was born in Accra by parents coming from the North of Ghana, he is ver ...
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For all those who have no clues about the dude called Azumah Nelson, he is never denied his nothern origin even when he became a World champion. Though he was born in Accra by parents coming from the North of Ghana, he is very proud of his northern descent.
Jato Julor Rawlings 1 year ago

Correction !!

"He is never denied his nothern origin ...." should rather read thus : he has never denied his northern origin ...

Correction !!

"He is never denied his nothern origin ...." should rather read thus : he has never denied his northern origin ...
Kweku Tsin 1 year ago

This is just a deliberate attempt by these Asantes to pretent Azumah Nelson is not a Ga. If that is the case then Asantes are camerounians, where they migrated from. With that said, boxing is a Ga tradition and you can't take ...
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This is just a deliberate attempt by these Asantes to pretent Azumah Nelson is not a Ga. If that is the case then Asantes are camerounians, where they migrated from. With that said, boxing is a Ga tradition and you can't take that away from Gas, because they have so many world titles to prove that point. Clement Quartey, Ike Quartey, Roy Ankrah, AZUMAH NELSON, Alfred Kotey, Joshuah Clottey, and Richard Commey were all Ga world boxing title holders. Gas don't brag, but just like Nike, they just do it.
INFERIORITY COMPLEX 1 year ago

You’re having nightmares, with the ringing in your ears syndrome: Ashanti, Ashanti, Ashanti.

Funny enough, we can guess the only tribe you come from without mentioning a name. Na lie?

You’re having nightmares, with the ringing in your ears syndrome: Ashanti, Ashanti, Ashanti.

Funny enough, we can guess the only tribe you come from without mentioning a name. Na lie?
Sampa 1 year ago

arrogant twep- self gratification as usual. get away

arrogant twep- self gratification as usual. get away
Kweku Tsin 1 year ago

The pot calling the Kettle black Odwan ba.

The pot calling the Kettle black Odwan ba.
Kwaa 1 year ago

Are you alright ? What has this article have to do with Ashanti’s?

Are you alright ? What has this article have to do with Ashanti’s?
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Kanawu 1 year ago

Fake News

Fake News
Ibn Trawaray 1 year ago

The name Asuman could be the corruption of the name Asumani, Osmanu Asumah and finally Azumah. Do you see the name of the Speaker of Parliament Sumana?
Kandigi resembles Kanjaga a community in Upper East. Builsa . The Buils ...
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The name Asuman could be the corruption of the name Asumani, Osmanu Asumah and finally Azumah. Do you see the name of the Speaker of Parliament Sumana?
Kandigi resembles Kanjaga a community in Upper East. Builsa . The Builsas are known for their physical strength. So Azumah could be one of them. We need further research.
Rikey 1 year ago

look at another fool too? Asumani indeed Hhahahaha

look at another fool too? Asumani indeed Hhahahaha
The Truth 1 year ago

My hero, my father's friend

My hero, my father's friend
Kudus 1 year ago

Only a descendant of Asante can get this achievement

Only a descendant of Asante can get this achievement
Wotw3asedi 1 year ago

Hahaha
That was a good one right there
Keep sharing the humour love

Hahaha
That was a good one right there
Keep sharing the humour love
Sampa 1 year ago

Azumah is a Ga- Period. He sees himself as a Ga-simple as that.It takes an Man and a Woman to bring forth a child- even if His father is of brazilian decent as you claim his mother too from Brazil? His father's mother also Br ...
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Azumah is a Ga- Period. He sees himself as a Ga-simple as that.It takes an Man and a Woman to bring forth a child- even if His father is of brazilian decent as you claim his mother too from Brazil? His father's mother also Brazil? The Grreatest African Boxer of all time is a Ga-Nothing you can do about that- Stop the Hating
Issah 1 year ago

African slaves returned to Africa. What makes them Brialians.?

African slaves returned to Africa. What makes them Brialians.?
Kubut3 1 year ago

One thing is for sure, Barima the professor Azumah Nelson is the greatest athlete ever from Ghana. Bar none. HE IS ALSO A CLASS ACT.

One thing is for sure, Barima the professor Azumah Nelson is the greatest athlete ever from Ghana. Bar none. HE IS ALSO A CLASS ACT.
APOCANSEY 1 year ago

Empty message
Azumah is purely black and a Ghanaian.
Any black in America or Europe is an African.
Did you even check to world records of sports with regard to blacks a GENUINE whites.
STOP THE IGNORANCE

Empty message
Azumah is purely black and a Ghanaian.
Any black in America or Europe is an African.
Did you even check to world records of sports with regard to blacks a GENUINE whites.
STOP THE IGNORANCE
Kubut3 1 year ago

My Great Ga people. You all can keep Bukom Banku and his Tillapia. BERIMA PROFFERSOR AZUMAH NElSON IS FOR THE WHOLE OF GHANA.. enuff RESPECT.

My Great Ga people. You all can keep Bukom Banku and his Tillapia. BERIMA PROFFERSOR AZUMAH NElSON IS FOR THE WHOLE OF GHANA.. enuff RESPECT.
Kwasi Ametewee 1 year ago

Why do Ghanaians have such a disgusting inferiority complex? So Azumah Nelson is of black Brazilian descent, right? Where are black Brazilians descendants of?

Why do Ghanaians have such a disgusting inferiority complex? So Azumah Nelson is of black Brazilian descent, right? Where are black Brazilians descendants of?
PREPS FIADZIGBE 1 year ago

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS REPORTER IS TRYING TO PROVE BY REFERRING TO AZUAH NELSON AS "AFRO-BRAZILIAN" WHAT HAS THAT TO DO WITH AZUMAH'S BRILLIANCE OR THE TROPHIES/BELTS HE WON FOR GHANA. I SUGGEST YOU STUDY YOUR HISTORY ABOUT A ...
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS REPORTER IS TRYING TO PROVE BY REFERRING TO AZUAH NELSON AS "AFRO-BRAZILIAN" WHAT HAS THAT TO DO WITH AZUMAH'S BRILLIANCE OR THE TROPHIES/BELTS HE WON FOR GHANA. I SUGGEST YOU STUDY YOUR HISTORY ABOUT AFRICANS IN BRAZIL.
PREPS FIADZIGBE 1 year ago

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS REPORTER IS TRYING TO PROVE BY REFERRING TO AZUAH NELSON AS "AFRO-BRAZILIAN" WHAT HAS THAT TO DO WITH AZUMAH'S BRILLIANCE OR THE TROPHIES/BELTS HE WON FOR GHANA. I SUGGEST YOU STUDY YOUR HISTORY ABOUT A ...
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS REPORTER IS TRYING TO PROVE BY REFERRING TO AZUAH NELSON AS "AFRO-BRAZILIAN" WHAT HAS THAT TO DO WITH AZUMAH'S BRILLIANCE OR THE TROPHIES/BELTS HE WON FOR GHANA. I SUGGEST YOU STUDY YOUR HISTORY ABOUT AFRICANS IN BRAZIL.
Kwaku 1 year ago

Some of us who lived the Azumah dream knew that his forebares came from Brazil. From his amateur days claiming the African and Commonwealth titles and turned professional. He beat Henry Sadler to become the Ghanaian Champion. ...
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Some of us who lived the Azumah dream knew that his forebares came from Brazil. From his amateur days claiming the African and Commonwealth titles and turned professional. He beat Henry Sadler to become the Ghanaian Champion. He then got the African title and out of the blue was given the chance to fight Salvador Sanchez for the world title. He gave Salvador hell but for inexperience lost the title. After the death of Sanchez in a accident he beat the mighty Wilfredo Gomez by knockout in his hometown to win his first world title! Thank you Azumah for the entertainment for over ten solid years when we keep wake to see your fights on television!
The Spear 1 year ago

Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon (you are an African)
And if you come from ...
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Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon (you are an African)
And if you come from Portland (you are an African)
And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African
So don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come Trinidad (you are an African)
And if you come from Nassau (you are an African)
And if you come from Cuba, you're an African
So don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your complexion
There is no rejection, you're an African
'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high
If your 'plexion low, low
And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African
So don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind denomination
That is only segregation, you're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic (you are an African)
And if you go to the Methodist (you are an African)
And if you go to the Church of Gods, you're an African
So don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You've got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton (you are an African)
And if you come from Weesday (you are an African)
And if you come from Wingstead (you are an African)
And if you come from Bronx (you are an African)
And if you come from Brooklyn (you are an African)
And if you come from Queens (you are an African)
And if you come from Manhattan (you are an African)
And if you come from Canada (you are an African)
And if you come from Miami (you are an African)
And if you come from Switzerland (you are an African)
And if you come from Germany (you are an African)
Kwame 1 year ago

Fake News

Fake News
Seabreeze 1 year ago

YAWN!!!! Please move on to a fresher story!!

YAWN!!!! Please move on to a fresher story!!
GPS 1 year ago

For me Azumah Nelson is a Ga

For me Azumah Nelson is a Ga
Yaw 1 year ago

Absolute stupidity. the guy is a ghananian that's all. Every tribe has it's ancestral root but the question is can they trace it and find their indigenous families? Answer is "No". He's a ghananian that's it.

Absolute stupidity. the guy is a ghananian that's all. Every tribe has it's ancestral root but the question is can they trace it and find their indigenous families? Answer is "No". He's a ghananian that's it.
Krakye 1 year ago

Foolish Ghanaians, wasting their life and time on unnecessary things. That your Ape look alike President and his cartel of thieves and drug kingpins are destroying your country, stealing from here and there, running the coun ...
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Foolish Ghanaians, wasting their life and time on unnecessary things. That your Ape look alike President and his cartel of thieves and drug kingpins are destroying your country, stealing from here and there, running the country as his business and you're here arguing about Azumah Nelson being a Ga or a Brazilian. Egyimifuo mmba. Use this same energy to rise up and take your country back. Foolish Ghanaians, mediocre Ghanaians. I've never seen foolish person like
a Ghanaian before.
His HOLINESS,,PASTOR OGOGLO QUARTER,, 1 year ago

WHO CARES

WHO CARES
Vivian 1 year ago

Did he authorise you to write this? If not, then it is a highly needless and useless post. We all here in Ghana MIGRATED to present day Ghana from somewhere including the so-called original owners of Ghana. Only difference is ...
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Did he authorise you to write this? If not, then it is a highly needless and useless post. We all here in Ghana MIGRATED to present day Ghana from somewhere including the so-called original owners of Ghana. Only difference is some arrived earlier than others
Corruption 1 year ago

Yea of he is of Brazilian descent. Other Brazilian descents in Togo are called Olympio De souza

Yea of he is of Brazilian descent. Other Brazilian descents in Togo are called Olympio De souza
COD 1 year ago

No matter where you are born as a Black person, you are an African.
Many from Brazil returned to settle in Lagos area among the Yurobas, too.
And it is good they came back to their originalities.

No matter where you are born as a Black person, you are an African.
Many from Brazil returned to settle in Lagos area among the Yurobas, too.
And it is good they came back to their originalities.
Dani 1 year ago

Having a double European name is common in the coastal towns of Ghana, of course we all know the origin being a servant called by the masters name

Having a double European name is common in the coastal towns of Ghana, of course we all know the origin being a servant called by the masters name
Dani 1 year ago

Migration is the foundation of all settlers, and Ghana like most space on earth has settlers. the proclamation by Nkrumah that " anyone who is in the agreed territory of the new country Ghana, by the stroke of midnight, 00:0 ...
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Migration is the foundation of all settlers, and Ghana like most space on earth has settlers. the proclamation by Nkrumah that " anyone who is in the agreed territory of the new country Ghana, by the stroke of midnight, 00:00 is a citizen of Ghana, it seized and end the debate of who is a Ghanaian
Wise 1 year ago

Well, so much with the Brazilian narrative, the truth is that Azumah Nelson's mother is a Ga, 100% Ga
Its not as if both parents came from Brazil. Those Tabom people intermarried and all have Ga blood now

Well, so much with the Brazilian narrative, the truth is that Azumah Nelson's mother is a Ga, 100% Ga
Its not as if both parents came from Brazil. Those Tabom people intermarried and all have Ga blood now
GYAN-TUTU 1 year ago

Very soon all our greats, would be linked with tribes out of Africa

Very soon all our greats, would be linked with tribes out of Africa
KWABENA KASAPREKO. 1 year ago

IF THAT IS THE CASE, BEING AN ORIGIN OF SOUTH AMERICA--BRAZILIAN--, THEN HE IS A DESCENDANT OF A SLAVE. ALL BLACKS IN SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICANS, ARE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS WHO WERE SHIPPED AND BOUGHT BY SLAVE-MASTERS TO WORK ...
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IF THAT IS THE CASE, BEING AN ORIGIN OF SOUTH AMERICA--BRAZILIAN--, THEN HE IS A DESCENDANT OF A SLAVE. ALL BLACKS IN SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICANS, ARE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS WHO WERE SHIPPED AND BOUGHT BY SLAVE-MASTERS TO WORK THERE, DURING THE SLAVE TRADE. EVERY BLACK HUMAN BEING IN SOUTH AMERICA, HAS HIS/HER ORIGIN--ROOTS-- FROM THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA.

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