A brilliant Nigerian Kid by the name Tanitoluwa Adewumi was declared the 28th youngest National Chess Master in the United States.
Tanioluwa accomplished this great feat after beating all other competitors to bag more than the required 2200 points.
Tanitoluwa and his parents arrived the United States in 2017 and lived in a homeless shelter located in New York City, United States.
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First, the family flew to Dallas, Texas on a tourist visa they had previously secured in an attempt to flee from Nigeria after being threatened by Boko haram.
Afterwards, they moved to New York City, where a local pastor connected them with a homeless shelter which became their home.
In that shelter, Tanioluwa first saw a chessboard and discovered the intricacies to the game.
Victory after victory
About a year after he started playing chess, he won the United States National State chess championship.
Following this victory, his family launched a GoFundme account that garnered some money from the US citizens who were amazed by his outstanding performance.
With these funds, the family moved to a new home and registered him for the United States National Chess competition, where he earned a chess rating of 2,223.
After this great victory, Tanioluwa and his family were granted assylum in the United States of America.
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Charlyne becomes first black woman to receive PhD in nuclear engineering at a US university
Meanwhile, a remarkable 27-year-old African woman named Charlyne Smith has made history at the University of Florida by becoming the school’s first-ever black graduate with a PhD in nuclear engineering.
She is an inspiration to all women of colour that they are not far from their achievements, so they should keep pushing no matter what happens.
According to Charlyne Smith, who is currently a Senior Nuclear Energy Analyst on the Breakthrough Institute’s Nuclear Energy Innovation team, her accomplishment would open doors for blacks.
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