| LC control no. | n 95029045 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mutombo, Dikembe |
| Variant(s) | Dikembe Mutombo Mount Mutombo Mutombo, Deke |
| Associated country | Congo |
| Birth date | 1966-06-25 |
| Place of birth | Kinshasa (Congo) |
| Affiliation | Georgetown University Denver Nuggets (Basketball team) Atlanta Hawks (Basketball team) Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team) New Jersey Nets (Basketball team) Houston Rockets (Basketball team) |
| Profession or occupation | Basketball players Philanthropists |
| Found in | Dikembe Mutombo (Mount Mutombo), 1995: CIP galley (basketball player; nick name "Deke"; grew up in Kinshasa, Zaire; came to U.S. in 1987 when he was 21 yrs. old) African American Studies Center, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mutombo, Dikembe; Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukama Jean Jacques Wamutombo; basketball player, philanthropist; born 25 June 1966 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; graduated from Georgetown University; his NBA career began in the 1991-92 season, after he was drafted fourth overall by the Denver Nuggets; joined the Atlanta Hawks as a free agent (1996); traded to the Philadelphia 76ers (2001); traded again to the New Jersey Nets; joined the New York Knicks for one season (2003); finished his eighteen-year-long career with the Houston Rockets; founded a hospital in Kinshasa (2007); founded the Africa Channel; his record of charity brought him numerous awards, including the U.S. President's Service Award (1999)) |
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