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Uganda’s Queen of Katwe star Nikita Waligwa dies at 15

by Uganda Times

Waligwa played the role of Gloria, a friend of Phiona who explained the rules of chess to her.

Kampala – Nikita Pearl Waligwa was not only a star, but she was also an inspiration to every young girl. She starred in Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum.

Waligwa has been a talented young girl whose star was blossoming into a bigger one. It is so unfortunate that she has died aged 15 years. 

Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe is a 2016 film about Phiona Mutesi who started as a little girl playing chess right here in Katwe until she became world champion.

The film starred Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o as Phiona Mutesi’s mother and David Oyelowo as a chess teacher.

Waligwa played the role of Gloria, a friend of Phiona who explained the rules of chess to her.

She was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016. She was given the all-clear in 2017 but last year was found to have another tumour.

Nikita’s body today was taken to Namirembe Cathedral for a funeral service. Her body will, later on, be taken to her father’s home in Kabojja a Kampala suburb. She will be buried on Monday.

May her soul rest in peace.

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