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“African spiderman” Mamoudou Gassama honoured at 2016 BET Awards

Mamoudou Gassama, the Malian immigrant nicked named “African spiderman” who risked his life to save a child in France has been honoured at the just ended BET Awards that came off last weekend in Los Angeles.

The 22-year-old received a humanitarian award alongside Anthony Borges, James Shaw Jr., Justin Blackman, Naomi Wadler, and Shaun King.

In a video that went viral Mamoudou Gassama was seen climbing a four stories to save a baby dangling from a balcony which he succeeded.

Ever his heroic adventure went viral, Mamoudou has since been granted a French citizenship by French President Emmanuel Macron, and was also offered an enrollment to be a firefighter at the French fire service with a pay of 600 euros monthly for his humanitarian gesture.

Source: www.GhPage.com

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