Mactabene Amachree

Mactabene Amachree — Biography

Mactabene Amachree is a Nigerian former professional basketball player, best known for becoming the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA in 2001 and for playing for the Nigeria women's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is also known as Makbule Amachree.

Born in Port Harcourt, she played on the wing at 1.85 meters. She studied in the United States at Abilene Christian University and began her professional career in 2001. That same year she played in the WNBA, the first Nigerian to do so. She was also described as the first Nigerian to play in the Russian championship. At national-team level she won an African title and represented Nigeria at the 2004 Olympics.

She holds both Nigerian and Turkish citizenship and, outside sport, is the princess of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.