
Disney’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ Actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa Dies At 15
An actress who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, has died at the young age of 15, Ugandan media report. The 2016 film was based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, who took up chess aged nine despite not being in school and…