Lupita Nyong’o To Feature In New Ugandan Film. Find Out What It Is All About

Oscar award, check! Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year, check! Yale University Halls of Fame, check! What else is Lupita Nyong’o going for?

She has made news internationally with her valid dreams, dreams of becoming one of the best actresses the world has ever seen from black Africa, something she has quickly achieved after years of hard work and exertion.

The respected and adored Lupita Nyong’o is just going places. It seems her journey has just started and she is going far.

As Tanzanian blog Bongo 5 reports, Lupita is now set to feature in a film that will be shot and based in Uganda.

The movie which goes by the name ‘Queen of Katwe’ is expected to feature Lupita as the main actress and the movie is drawn from Tim Crothers’ book “Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess and One Extra-Ordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster”.

The film will be directed by Mila Nair.

Katwe is a place found in Kampala, Uganda.