“Half of A Yellow Sun” Movie Begins Shooting in Calabar
Earlier in the year, reports were rife about a screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s epic award-winning novel, “Half of A Yellow Sun”. Now it is confirmed that the cast and crew have arrived in Nigeria, and filming has started in Calabar. This highly anticipated movie will crown Adichie’s stunning piece of literature. The novel, […]
The 2012 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop
Sometime in 2007, I was among the few people selected to participate in the inaugural creative writing workshop facilitated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kenyan writer, Binyavanga Wainaina, and journalist, Jason Cowley. Then, it was sponsored by Fidelity Bank. It was an amazing experience and one of the highlights of my writing career. I’ve watched the yearly event […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun Comes To Life on The Movie Screen!
Half of a Yellow Sun, the epic novel by award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is set for screen adaptation. The book, which was originally published in 2006 by Knopf/Anchor, tells the story of two sisters, Olanna and Kainene, during the Nigeria-Biafran war which claim the lives of about 3 million people, and lasted over […]