Its quite interesting to write about two young women, both from the East African region, who took the world by storm. These two women have lots in common: They are both black, both superstars in their own rights. While Lupita has had huge successess in Hollywood, Mutesi has had just the same on her mastery with the chess game, becoming her country's Grand Master of the Game.
The two sparkling women are soon to be featured alongside in another Hollywood movie titled "The Queen of Katwe", which will be filmed in South African and in Katwe, Uganda, her impoverished home slum where she was born in 1993, which she has now become its Monarch. The film is based on a book by Tim Crothers and the movie will be directed by Walt Disney director Mira Nair.
Mutesi's story, unlike Nyongo's, is by far a nursery book fairytale. She grew up in the streets of Katwe, with no hope or future. By age 9, she was pounding the beat constantly looking for something to eat. She found her ground by a stroke of luck, when she stumbled into a local church where chess was one of their favourite past times.
Hanging out there more out of her desire for free grub rather than the sport, she ultimately found interest in what was to be become her life saver. By 18 years, she became her country's ambassador of the sport, by competing in chess Olympiads in a number of international platforms, where she was given the Woman Candidate Master ranking by the
World Chess Federation.
Overseas, Mutesi has also played against Garry Kasparov, Russian former world
champion and Grandmaster of the game
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