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Uganda's star from 'Queen of Katwe' dies aged 15
Uganda's Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, the actress who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, has died aged 15. Her aunt tell us about Nikita's courage while fighting her illness and how she took up her acting career.
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(Photo: actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa. Credit: Disney)
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Sun 16 Feb 202019:06GMT
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