Todd Cleveland is a historian and scholar of sport whose research focuses on Africa, global sporting cultures, and the broader social meanings of athletic participation. He is the author of *Africa and the Olympics: Winning Away from the Podium*, published by Ohio University Press in 2024, which explores how African athletes and nations have engaged with the Olympic movement beyond medal counts, highlighting stories of representation, identity, and political expression. Cleveland’s work draws on archival research, oral histories, and cultural analysis to situate African Olympic experiences within historical and transnational contexts. He has published academic articles on sport history, colonialism, and cultural memory, and participates in scholarship that connects sport with broader issues of politics, society, and global exchange. Cleveland continues to teach, research, and present on topics related to sport history and African cultural narratives.