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Uganda's 'Queen of Katwe'

Renee van Heteren
January 9, 2018

A young girl living in the slum of Katwe in Kampala suddenly becomes popular after a missionary introduces her to the game of chess. Sounds like a plot straight from a Hollywood movie? Well, that’s exactly what Walt Disney thought of the story of Phiona Mutesi. "The Queen of Katwe," is a movie about the remarkable lives of Phiona and her chess coach Robert Katende. Renee van Heteren reports.

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