In November 2015, Wellington Jighere inscribed his name in gold letters into the history of the game of Scrabble. During the World English-language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA) finals, he defeated his English oponent Lewis MacKay with four straight wins, making him the first African to win the English-Language World Scrabble Championship. (Read more...)
Although three past winners, Penelope Coelen, Anneline Krien, and Antigone Costanda were of South African and Egyptian descents respectively, they had European and Greek origins. Darego is the first native African to win the title. (Read more...)