Half of a Yellow Sun
9 Aug 2022
Biyi Bandele, the director of the famed movie adaptation "Half of a Yellow Sun," reportedly passed away at age 54. His death was announced in a statement signed by his daughter Temi Bandele. The statement reads, "I am heartbroken to share the sudden and unexpected death on Sunday 7th of August in Lagos of my…
5 Jan 2021
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joined show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu at the Bounce Radio Live studio for an extensive conversation on the BlackBox Interview. Over the course of their three-hour chat which premiered on New Year’s and January 3, 2021, respectively, the pair touched on Adichie's literary work; devotion to the arts; Catholicism; feminism, and Nigeria as…
12 Nov 2020
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. The public chose Chimamanda’s novel over a stellar-line up including Zadie Smith, the late Andrea Levy, Lionel Shriver, Rose Tremain and Maggie O’Farrell, amongst others (a full list is available here). This one-off…
17 Mar 2020
Award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has denied claims of plagiarism made against her by another writer Anne Giwa-Amu. In a Youtube video published on March 14, Giwa-Amu accused Adichie of copying a novel “Sade” which was published in 1996 for her critically acclaimed 2006 novel “Half of a Yellow Sun”. Giwa-Amu, who is mixed…
15 Dec 2018
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie needs little or no introduction. The famous Nigerian novelist and gender equality advocate, whose works are...
11 Nov 2018
“No respect! I don’t get no respect!” Depending on your age and pop culture awareness, you credit that line to either comedian American Rodney Dangerfield...
30 Sep 2018
Acclaimed author of Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah, and The Thing Around Your Neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
15 Apr 2018
If you've been keeping up with the news and social media posts for the past few weeks, you may have come across John Boyega having fun on his visit to Nigeria. The movie star is popular for his roles in the Star Wars franchise, the recently-released Pacific Rim: Uprising and the movie adaptation of best-selling…
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