SitiTalk Showcases Wellington Jighere - First African to Win English Language Scrabble Championship

Photo credit: Calla Wahlquist for the Guardian

Photo description: The Nigerian Scrabble team congratulating Wellington Jighere in Perth Western Australia in November 2015

In November 2015, 32-year-old Wellington Jighere, from Nigeria, beat 129 competitors to win the World English-language Scrabble Players’ Association championship which took place in Perth, Western Australia. He defeated Englishman Lewis MacKay with four straight wins in the best-of-seven final round. The Nigerian government sponsored Wellington Jighere's trip to Perth and brought home a $10,000 cash prize. He is the first African to win in world scrabble championship,” Jighere says.

Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/09/nigerias-wellington-jighere-almost-lost-for-words-after-scrabble-world-title-triumph

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