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Uganda success story: From elementary school dropout to chess champion

Growing up in one of Uganda's largest slums, Phiona Mutesi dropped out of school at the age of six. She sold corn to help her family survive. Little did she know she'd later become her country's first female chess champion. Jericka Duncan has more.
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