Changing Lives Through Chess With Tunde Onakoya (Founder of Chess In Slums Africa)

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to empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potential
and contribute to the development of a bold and progressive black
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afterwards.

This episode features Tunde Onakoya, Founder of Chess In Slums Africa;
a non-profit organisation that utilises the game of chess to educate
and empower underprivileged children to achieve far more than their
circumstances.

Tunde holds a National Diploma in Computer Science from Yaba College
of Technology and created Chess in Slums Africa to use chess as a tool
to educate and propel the destiny of children out of poverty.

He is passionate about equaling the playing field and has a goal to
educate 1 million children in slum communities in 5 years.

Listen and enjoy as Tunde talks to us about his journey with Chess In
Slums Africa and redressing the imbalance in society.

Tunde’s Reading List

Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy
for Modern Problems by Jules Evans
https://amzn.to/3DMbVLF

The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty
by Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo, Karen Dillon
https://amzn.to/3DNoFBO

Self-Discipline through Ikigai and Kaizen (Longevity and Happiness at
Hand) by Mark Morimoto
https://amzn.to/3lnLVQb

Manifesto for a Moral Revolution Paperback – May 4, 2021 by Jacqueline Novogratz
https://amzn.to/3RGYd2i

Show Notes
1:29 Background and discovery of chess
4:31 Creation and mission of Chess In Slums Africa
9:07 Impact on children/slums
11:28 Ferdinand with cerebral palsy winning the chess tournament in Makoko
14:17 Partnership with chess.com
16:10 Finding purpose with Chess In Slums Africa
19:42 Fulfilling potential linked to mission of Chess In Slums Africa
22:43 Reading list
25:24 Future plans and how to get involved/support
27:28 Title of the book about your life
28:13 What does being Afropolitan mean to you

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