In major moves news, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – best selling author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus – confirmed that Oscar-Winning actress from 12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong’o has secured shooting rights to her most recent book, Americanah. African women winning! More on the click.
Yesterday (May 29, 2014), at Stylist Magazine‘s Stylist Book Club Inaugural Session at the Waldorf Hilton in London, the author Adichie (pictured above at the event) confirmed that Lupita now has the full rights to make a derivative work off her popular novel ‘Americanah.’ The StylistMag followed up with a tweet:
Lupita Nyong’o has optioned rights for the film version of Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie confirms #stylistbookclub
Funny enough, Chimamanda hinted at the collabo back in March during a conversation she had with Lola Ogunnaike for Arise Entertainment 360 when she was talking about Lupita (around the 6 minute mark); catch the brief interview below:
What do you think about the collabo?
