A Nigerian immigrant who defied the odds and became a chess champion at 8 years old while living in a homeless shelter has been granted asylum to stay in the U.S.
Reports show Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi and his Christian family left their homeland to escape the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram in 2017. They later sought religious asylum out of fear of what could happen if they returned to Nigeria.
Even though Tani’s family struggled to maintain permanent housing in New York, the talented chess player took the sport by storm. When Tani was in the third grade, he defeated 73 other chess players in his age group to win the state championship. Two years later, he became the national chess master becoming the 28th-youngest person to secure the title.
Tani wanted to take his winning…
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