Lupita Nyongo in Nigeria

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Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie hosted Lupita Nyong’o alongside the Nigerian creative industry on Saturday, February 22, 2020, to a private event which held at The Ebonylife place, for the screen adaptation of ‘Americanah’ , one of Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’s best selling book, in Lagos, Nigeria.

The event was filled with loads of Nigerian celebrities such as Onyeka Onwenu, Flavour, Omawunmi, Dakore Akande, Jola Ayeye, D’banj, Toolz, Lala Akindoju, Nse Ikpe-Etim and so many more.

The Oscar-winner will be playing a Nigerian character in her passion project Americanah, based on the best-selling novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

HBO Max has ordered a limited series based on the 2013 book, and celebrated actress Danai Gurira, who has written the series pilot, will serve as showrunner of the 10-episode series.

Americanah is the story of Ifemelu a young, courageous woman raised in Nigeria who as a teenager falls in love with her classmate Obinze. They each depart for the West during a repressive time of military rule in the country with Ifemelu going to the US and Obinze to London. Both suffer their individual struggles as immigrants. Despite her academic success, life in the US forces Ifemelu to grapple for the first time with what it means to be black.

 

 

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