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From Uganda to Azerbaijan to the Red Carpet …

by scribe | Sep 7, 2016 | current news, people, positions, ruminations

… In one week! That’s the amazing odyssey of Phiona Mutesi, who is playing on the Uganda women’s team at the Baku Chess Olympiad. If the name sounds slightly familiar to you, it will probably become a lot more familiar later this month. Mutesi is the...

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