Danny Eberhard

So he's facing other cases too.

So he's facing other cases too.

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And Rome he has, over deserts, grasslands and mountain ranges. In July last year, Deokato set out from the Long March to Freedom monument in Cape Town that commemorates South Africa's long liberation struggle. More than 500 days later, he finished in West London to the cheers of supporters. He told me how finishing felt.

And Rome he has, over deserts, grasslands and mountain ranges. In July last year, Deokato set out from the Long March to Freedom monument in Cape Town that commemorates South Africa's long liberation struggle. More than 500 days later, he finished in West London to the cheers of supporters. He told me how finishing felt.

Deo conceived this personal odyssey as a way of profiling the history of human migration out of Africa to show we all come from the same place. He's been using running to highlight racism since the murder of George Floyd by a US policeman. On this journey, there were physical hardships. In recent days, he's had to walk due to back pain. And there were other tough times.

Deo conceived this personal odyssey as a way of profiling the history of human migration out of Africa to show we all come from the same place. He's been using running to highlight racism since the murder of George Floyd by a US policeman. On this journey, there were physical hardships. In recent days, he's had to walk due to back pain. And there were other tough times.

A three-week spell in a South Sudanese jail left him in frail health, and he experienced racism firsthand in Europe, in some hostile encounters where he was treated as an illegal migrant. But there was human kindness too, and joy, meeting his father and younger brother and sister in Uganda for the first time in years, and when schoolchildren joined him in Kenya.

A three-week spell in a South Sudanese jail left him in frail health, and he experienced racism firsthand in Europe, in some hostile encounters where he was treated as an illegal migrant. But there was human kindness too, and joy, meeting his father and younger brother and sister in Uganda for the first time in years, and when schoolchildren joined him in Kenya.

Despite the trials and exhaustion, it had, he told the BBC, all been incredibly worthwhile. So what's Deo looking forward to now?

Despite the trials and exhaustion, it had, he told the BBC, all been incredibly worthwhile. So what's Deo looking forward to now?

After nearly a year and a half of running to be free, De Okato's now free not to run.

After nearly a year and a half of running to be free, De Okato's now free not to run.