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Book SynopsisMy Name is Tani: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion
The story that is inspiring everyone! Soon to be a Paramount motion picture.
Draw deep into the dramatic account of escape from terrorism.
Tani Adewumi’s story begins amid Boko Haram’s reign of terror in Nigeria, but this doesn’t stop him from pursuing a most unlikely dream. At the age of eight, when Tani and his family’s lives are threatened, they are forced to flee for their lives and seek asylum. The odds were against Tani for ever finding a prosperous life in a foreign city, once enjoyed in his native Nigeria. But sometimes the unexpected is found in the most unlikely circumstances.
As Tani’s family becomes a target for capture and killings, their miraculous escape takes them across an ocean to New York City. Tani’s father, who comes from a roy
