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Knight to the rescue: Babatunde Onakoya (below), a chess champion himself and the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, met the teenagers living under the Oshodi Bridge when his car ran out of petrol and they helped him. It was then that the idea of the Oshodi Underbridge chess tournament began
BABATUNDE ONAKOYA

Nigerian chess champ lifts the lives of teenagers living under a bridge

Babatunde Onakoya’s actions are being compared with that of Robert Katende from the movie, ‘Queen of Katwe’, thanks to his nonprofit, Chess in Slums Africa

  • Gabriella Opara
8 min read