Chimamanda Grabs Winner Of Winners Prize For Fiction
After thirteen years of winning the Women’s Prize For Fiction (then known as the Orange Prize For Literature), foremost Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has won the Prize’s Winner of Winners award. The award set out to celebrate the prize’s 25 years history saw Chimamanda emerge from the list of the 25 previous winners […]
Baileys Prize Crowns Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as its ‘Best of the Best’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel of the Biafran war, Half of a Yellow Sun, has been named winner of the women’s prize for best fiction of the last decade – by both the public and a 10-strong judging panel. The award, now known as the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, chose to mark its 20th anniversary […]
Top 10 Unforgettable Nollywood Movies
Nigerian cinema is undoubtedly Africa’s largest movie industry in terms of value and number of movies produced per year. Its rapid growth from the 1990s and 2000s till now ensured it became the second largest film industry in the world in terms of number of films produced annually. Just last year, data was released showing […]
5 Highest Grossing Nigerian Movies in the Last 5 Years
Post-independence, the likes of Ola Balogun, late Hubert Ogunde, Eddie Ugbomah, Adeyemi Afolayan a.k.a Ade Love (Kunle Afolayan’s father), Ladi Ladebo, Moses Adejumo a.k.a Baba Sala all made movies till the 1980s. These men made movies like Kongi’s Harvest, Aiye, Jaiyesimi, Orun Mooru etc., although their several movies actually never made much profit mainly because of […]
The Other Half of a Yellow Sun Review
TITLE: HALF OF A YELLOW SUN FILM BY: BIYI BANDELE DIRECTOR: BIYI BANDELE TIME: ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MINUTES REVIEWER: SALAWU OLAJIDE If you are yet to read Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun, then Biyi Bandele’s movie is one you should not miss. The film is stellar, full of scenes picked out of Chimamanda Adichie’s novel. It […]
Movie Half of A Yellow Sun to Premiere in Nigeria on August 1
Chimamanda Adichie’s novel, Half of a Yellow Sun which was adapted as a film, is set to premiere in Nigeria on August 1. The Movie has previously been opened to audiences in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and USA. It stars BAFTA Award-winning & Oscar-nominated actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, winning actor, Thandie Newton, […]
Half of a Yellow Sun is one of the Biggest Films I have done- Genevieve Nnaji
Super actress, Genevieve Nnaji who must have done over 500 movies said that Half of a Yellow Sun is the biggest movie she has done. In an interactive session with journalists she said “Half of a Yellow Sun is one of the biggest films I have done so far, but definitely not the most […]
‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ Gets April 25th Premiere Date in Lagos
The movie adaptation of the critically acclaimed book by author, Chimamanda Adichie, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, will premiere in Lagos April 25, 2014. ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ stars British actor and Academy Award nominee, Chiwetel Ejiofor; British actress, Thandie Newton. The Nollywood cast includes Genevieve Nnaji, Zack Orji, OC Ukeje and Onyeka Onwenu. The Biyi […]
D’banj Releases Video for ‘Bother You’ – Soundtrack for the Movie ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’
Just a few hours after releasing the audio of his first single for the year, Bother You, Banga Lee, as D’banj is also called, has released the video for the song. Produced by DeeVee, ‘Bother You’ is a sound track for the movie, Half Of A Yellow Sun. Watch the video below
Movie Trailer For Half Of A Yellow Sun Is Out!
How long have you waited for this movie? Well, your wait is drawing to an end. The film adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s bestseller Half Of A Yellow Sun is set to be released soon, and we have the trailer right here for your viewing pleasure. Half of a Yellow Sun is a drama that tells […]
“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, […]