My Name is Tani

For eight-year-old Tani Adewumi, growing up in Abuja, Nigeria, life is good. His father, a prosperous businessman, is descended from a royal family. His mother’s family owns a profitable printing press. Then what should have been a routine print job changes the family’s fortunes forever. Threatened by Boko Haram terrorists, fearing capture or killing, they’re forced to make a desperate move – across an ocean to New York City. Tani’s father finds work as a dishwasher and Uber driver while the family lives at a homeless shelter. Fleeing violence only to become trapped in poverty, their future looks bleak. The problem finds an unexpected solution when Tani joins his high school’s chess program. Discovering a rare talent for the game, he quickly rises up the ranks to compete at the highest level. Once a pawn in a game he didn’t understand, now Tani must seize the opportunity to save himself, and rescue his family…

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