Top Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has been selected to feature in the big screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a yellow sun.
Genevieve will be joined by other stars such as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dominic Cooper, Anika Noni Rose and Thandie Newton in the eagerly anticipated film.
According to her publicist, the actress cum singer will play the role of Miss Adebayo, a professor who develops a flirtatious relationship with her colleague Mr Odenigbo (Ejiofor).
Half of a Yellow Sun will be produced by British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA, winning producer, Andrea Calderwood and directed by Biyi Bandele.
Chimamanda’s half of a yellow sun novel centers on the Nigerian civil war and was published in 2006.
I wil be desperately expecting the release of the film of half of a yellow sun.