The Queen of Katwe

Description:

In the slums of Kampala, Uganda, Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona is also one of the world's best chess players. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Phiona met Robert Katende, a war refugee turned missionary. Katende had an improbable dream: to empower slum kids through chess - a game for which there is no word in their language.

subjects: Biography,  Women chess players,  Large type books,  nyt:sports=2016-10-09,  New York Times bestseller,  Chess, biography,  Uganda, biography,  Women, biography,  Poor, africa,  Women, africa

People: Phiona Mutesi

Places: Uganda,  Kampala