Ugandan student, 15, who starred in Queen of Katwe dies of brain tumour
Nikita Pearl Waligwa was much-loved following the 2016 Disney film about a local chess prodigyA Ugandan student who played a memorable role in a 2016 Disney film about a local chess prodigy has died at the age of 15.Nikita Pearl Waligwa died on Saturday at a hospital near the Ugandan capital, Kampala. The cause was a brain tumour, according to the girls’ secondary school she had attended since 2018. Continue reading…