By Osagie Alonge
- Genevieve Nnaji
Nollywood star actress Genevieve Nnaji will star alongside Hollywood’s Chiwetel Ejiofor and British actress Thandie Newton in the upcoming movie ‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’, a film adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s bestselling novel.
According to her publicists from VA-PR, Nnaji will play the role of Ms Adebayo, another professor who develops a flirtatious relationship with her colleague Mr Odenigbo (Ejiofor).
The Orange Prize-winning novel is set during the Biafran war of 1967 – 1970 in Nigeria and peruses the impact of the conflict through the story of a University Professor (Ejiofor) and his lover (Newton) her sister, a British ex-pat, and a young houseboy.
‘Half Of Yellow Sun’ is produced by BAFTA award-winning producer Andrea Calderwood (The Last King Of Scotland) and will be directed by debutant, Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele.
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I so Love this, especially 4 Genevive Nnaji, who is just a great woman, with endless swaggz. thumpz up. Most importantly, 2 da author of the Novel and other artiste.
err… thandie’s south african.
Can someone tell me what ‘happened’ to Amaka Igwe’s ’30 days’ that was given a crazy hype that featured Genevieve and C.Ejiofor years back? Was the flick ever released in Nigeria or anywhere at all? I hope this one will not ‘disappear’ like 30 Days again…huh?