{"id":1310,"date":"2019-12-08T20:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T20:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb4p.org\/sites\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:54:32","slug":"bb4p-tedx-zaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bb4p.org\/sites\/bb4p-tedx-zaria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lessons of Peace we could all learn from Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1310\" class=\"elementor elementor-1310\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44f1bdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44f1bdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa24dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa24dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oliver B. Johnson, an American\/Nigerian, popular \u2018Coach OBJ\u2019 founded BASKETBALL FOR PEACE (BB4P) in 2003, as a Youth Development System providing opportunities for \u2018grassroots youths\u2019 in an atmosphere of PEACE. Coach OBJ is the Technical Adviser BASKETBALL A.B.U Zaria, author of the book, 25 Years of Basketball in Nigeria and other Basketball developmental pamphlets for improvement. Nigeria\u2019s first full-time National Basketball Coach 1971-1985, pioneer of female Basketball for the 3rd All African Games (Lagos-1973). BB4P is a \u2018peace movement in motion\u2019, solving problems affecting Youths in their Grassroots Communities. The Youth and PEACE Loving People with \u2018ideas\u2019 are the engine of BB4P; which is mainly focused on using the game of Basketball to attract at risk Youth away from violent conflict the PEACE ZONES (Basketball Courts) are safe areas for training, promoting peace and the first stage for establishing the needs of the local residents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe457c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbe457c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d559f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8d559f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=VlBANwDkQvE&amp;t=114s&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c1606 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4c1606\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da7c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8da7c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/oliver_balogun_johnson_the_lessons_of_peace_we_could_all_from_basketball\/transcript\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 1rem;\">https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/oliver_balogun_johnson_the_lessons_of_peace_we_could_all_from_basketball\/transcript<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69654da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69654da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8630cc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8630cc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/bb4p.org\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tedx_Samaru.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1315\" alt=\"tedx samaru\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bb4p.org\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tedx_Samaru.png 898w, https:\/\/bb4p.org\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tedx_Samaru-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/bb4p.org\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tedx_Samaru-768x231.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" title=\"The Lessons of Peace we could all learn from Basketball\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver B. 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