Queen of Katwe fails to reign

Madina Nalwanga(left) , who plays the role of Phiona Mutesi, and Lupita Nyong'o. (Photo: Courtesy)

The queen is not a subject. That is what Oscar Wilde reportedly told someone who once asked him to talk about the queen after he said that he could speak on any subject.

But for the purposes of this article, the queen is a subject. The Queen of Katwe, and Lupita Nyong’o, Kenya’s, or rather, Africa’s, and maybe even Hollywood’s queen of the big screen, who won an Oscar for her role in 12 Years A Slave on her first nomination.