Crowdfunding Campaign Houses 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Refugee

At just 8 years old, Tanitoluwa Adewumi hasn’t had an easy life. His family fled Nigeria in 2017, fearing attacks from jihadi terrorist group Boko Haram against Christians like themselves. They then moved to New York City and lived in a homeless shelter in Manhattan for two years. But Tanitoluwa, who also goes by Tani, was born with talent and drive. He…