In 1984, Lamine Gueye of Senegal became the first black African skier to take part in the Winter Olympics.

The grandson of a prominent Senegalese politician, Gueye founded his country's ski federation and for a long time was the only member.

In 2017, he spoke to Tayo Popoola.

A Whistledown Production for BBC World Service.

(Photo: Lamine at the 1996 World Championships. Credit: Jerome Prevost/TempSport/Corbis/VCG/Getty)