From the slums to the silver screen: Uganda’s chess prodigy March 2, 2015 • Posted by : AFP Phiona Mutesi happened upon chess as a famished nine-year-old foraging for food in the sprawling and impoverished slums of the Ugandan capital. “I was very hungry,” said Mutesi, [...] Continue Reading → Get VOA in your inbox every week : Goodbye, and thanks for reading 17 September, 2015 Eyes on elephants as Google Street View launches in Kenyan reserve 15 September, 2015 Zimbabwe: Where is Itai Dzamara? 10 September, 2015 ‘No need to panic’, South Africans told after US terror warning 09 September, 2015 The implicit racism of ‘All lives matter’ 08 September, 2015 How to tal: […] African languages are still finding the ... Skhokho Hlongwane: Nice and progressive, this continent of ours. Ava Hughes: At the very least it's more enlightening than one ... El Predica: It's really sad how lack of vision among African l... Corinne Jo: Sadly,what you describe is the aftermath of coloni...